Tracy Harrison
Non-pharmacologic Strategies for Pain Management
A pain management plan for acute pain often includes medications but non-medicine strategies should always be considered as an integral...
top of page
Here you'll see a list of posts for your information regarding all aspects of pain management. Interested in reading about a certain topic? Let me know of a certain topic you'd like me to cover or a problem you are encountering, whether you are a healthcare provider or an individual with acute or chronic pain.
Click on a title below to view the post
Search
Tracy Harrison
- May 30, 2021
- 9 min
What You Need to Know About Opioid-Sparing Techniques
Interest in strategies to minimize the intraoperative and postoperative use of opioids has skyrocketed over the past 5 years. With the...
26 views0 comments
Tracy Harrison
- Apr 29, 2021
- 11 min
12 Things to Know About Chronic Pain
I recently had the privilege of being invited to speak on 'Ask the Mayo Mom', a Facebook Live event with Dr. Angela Mattke, a...
11 views1 comment
Tracy Harrison
- Apr 19, 2021
- 7 min
5 Ways to Start 'Seeing' Pain
The condition of pain is a universally-experienced phenomenon. With 20% of adults and 20-30% of children throughout the world with a...
14 views1 comment
Tracy Harrison
- Apr 7, 2021
- 3 min
Let's Talk About Pain (with our colleagues)
It's difficult to talk about pain although it is everywhere. Although improvements have been made over the past 3o years, pain continues...
13 views0 comments
Tracy Harrison
- Mar 27, 2021
- 3 min
PreEmpt Pain App. Exercise 4.
Regional Anesthesia / Local Anesthesia An integral aspect of a pain management plan is consideration of all strategies to treat pain and...
10 views0 comments
Tracy Harrison
- Mar 21, 2021
- 4 min
PreEmpt Pain App. Exercise 3. Pain Scales.
Knowing which pain scale to use for your patients is an important aspect of pain assessment. Consistency in the use of the scales and...
38 views0 comments
Tracy Harrison
- Mar 16, 2021
- 3 min
Pediatric Patients Need Appropriate Pain Management After Surgery
A summary of a rebuttal from pediatric pain experts (Agarwal, Hays, Chidambaran) regarding opioid use A November 2020 article in JAMA...
27 views0 comments
Tracy Harrison
- Mar 12, 2021
- 3 min
The Week In Pain Review. March 08.
Here are some activities / articles that have come to my awareness over the last week. Proactive Pain Solutions on Clubhouse Clubhouse is...
6 views0 comments
Tracy Harrison
- Mar 11, 2021
- 3 min
PreEmpt Pain App. Exercise 2. The Quick Plan.
This next exercise for the PreEmpt Pain smartphone app jumps right into the most valuable asset of the clinical decision tool - a plan...
30 views0 comments
Tracy Harrison
- Mar 8, 2021
- 7 min
PreEmpt Pain App. Exercise 1. Demographics.
This is the first of several exercises to introduce you to the clinical decision tool I am developing for the non-pain provider. PreEmpt...
30 views0 comments
Tracy Harrison
- Mar 2, 2021
- 6 min
Can we impact transition from acute to chronic pain?
In this post I will review an article by Rabbitts et al from late 2020 addressing the predictors of acute and chronic pain in adolescents...
16 views0 comments
Tracy Harrison
- Feb 28, 2021
- 5 min
Barriers to Effective Pain Management
In this 2007 article, Dr Eloise Carr provides an in-depth discussion of the numerous barriers that have contributed to acute pain after...
14 views0 comments
Tracy Harrison
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
The State of Pediatric Acute Pain Management
The delivery of optimal pain management in the acute setting has been an area of interest of mine for many years. Along the way I have...
30 views1 comment
Tracy Harrison
- Feb 13, 2021
- 3 min
Maintaining Connections with Your Discharged Patients
Have you ever wondered how your patients are coping at home after hospital discharge? Are they taking their medications as prescribed? ...
9 views0 comments
Tracy Harrison
- Feb 7, 2021
- 3 min
Review of Episode 46 - Pedia Pain Focus
Why This is the Right Time to Hone Your Pediatric Pain Care Skills In this episode, Dr Kundu reminds us of the numerous benefits, not...
15 views0 comments
bottom of page