What Emergency Medicine Providers Want Dentists to Know About Opioids

Tuesday, March 21
10:00 AM PT
CE Credits: 1

Presented by the ADA’s Council on Advocacy for Access and Prevention (CAAP) Emergency Department Referral Initiative

Description
Emergency departments have a unique perspective on how to employ strategies to promote the judicious use of opioids and prioritize nonopioid multimodal evidence-based care when managing acute pain. Emergency medicine providers have adopted a targeted approach to acute pain with a focus on appropriate transitions of care for continued treatment. There is a shift in emergency care to equip all providers with the tools necessary to tailor acute pain management, break pain crises, and educate the community on nonopioid strategies for pain and appropriate follow up. Learn about the emergency medicine provider’s perspective on opioids, effective pain management, and why streamlined referral programs are essential to patients receiving appropriate dental care.
 

Learning Objectives

• Discuss the evidence based multi-modal nonopioid strategies utilized in the ED to address acute dental pain.
• Review the importance of streamlined referral programs to connect emergency department patient directly with appropriate dental care and how to implement this strategy.
• Explore the strategic initiatives set forth by the American College of Emergency Physicians to provide membership with guidance and support to appropriately management acute pain in the era of fentanyl.

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Dr. Alexis LaPietra, DO, FACEP, FAAEM, Facilitator
Dr. LaPietra is System Chief for Pain Management and Addiction Medicine at St Joseph’s Health in New Jersey. In 2016, she created the St Joseph’s Health Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO SM) program and founded the national Pain Management/Addiction Medicine Section of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). She has been involved in multiple nationwide opioid and addiction educational initiatives and is the current Chair for the Pain and Addiction Care in the ED Accreditation Program through ACEP. In 2016 she was awarded the Innovation of the Year Award by the American College of Osteopathic Physicians.

Dr. LaPietra’s work has been highlighted in multiple academic journals as well as NPR, NBC, The New York Times, Fox News, The Guardian, and CNN. Her work was the basis for the “ALTO in the ED Act,” part of the legislation included in the H.R.6- SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act signed into law by President Trump in October 2018. Currently she is working on breaking down the stigma associated with opioid use disorder through patient, community, and clinician education at the local, state, and national levels, while highlighting the robust evidence supporting the mortality reduction linked with the use of Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT).