Pain and Addiction Committee

Who We Are 

This committee of dedicated and passionate EM physicians will have a mission of providing safe, effective and efficient analgesia and procedural sedation in the ED and addressing and treating addiction that are patient-centered, evidence-based and commercial-biased free. This mission will be accomplished by dissemination and sharing of knowledge, by creation of pain management guidelines, by promoting advanced concepts in pain management and sedation, and by multi-specialty collaborations. Our goal is to continue to act as a virtual and in-person meeting source for AAEM members who share an interest in pain, addiction and sedation, as well as acting as a liaison between AAEM leadership and issues that arise in these domains.

 

 

Leadership

Chair: Zachary Repanshek, MD FAAEM

Vice Chair: Alexis LaPietra, DO FACEP FAAEM

Board Liaison: Kraftin E. Schreyer, MD MBA FAAEM

Staff Liaison:  Thomas G. Derenne

 

Our Projects

Goals:

1. Creation of an ED pain and procedural sedation curriculum.
2. Implementation of evidence-based guidelines for responsible opioid use in the ED that accounts for their benefits and harms. 
3. Fostering multi-specialty collaboration to promote a targeted, multimodal analgesia approach for patients who present for emergency care with acute and chronic pain.

 

White Paper

• Management of Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department: A White Paper Prepared for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (approved 9/22/2019)
  • References
• AAEM White Paper on Acute Pain Management in the Emergency Department (10/24/17)

 

Letter to Congressional Leadership

• Letter Encouraging the Passage of the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act (MAT Act, H.R. 2482, S. 2074) (PDF)