Pain Management and Regional Anesthesia in Trauma

Part I: BASICS: INTERFACE of TRAUMA and PAIN. General Introduction to Trauma, K Gupta,N Parr & J Nolan (UK). Overview of Pain Mechanisms and Neuroanatomy, M Liu, FM Ferrante (Philadelphia, USA). The Effects of Pain in the Trauma Patient, N Patel, C Smith Et Al. (Cleveland, Ohio, USA). Pharmacologic Management of Trauma Patients, P Raj, C Hartrick (Lubbock, Texas, USA). Advantages and Disadvantages of Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia in Specific Situations, M Marshall (New York, USA). Part II: LOCATION-BASED PAIN MANAGEMENT: CONCEPTS and CONSIDERATIONS. Pain Management in the Prehospital Setting: On Site and Transport, T Wisborg, H Flatten (Norway). Pain Management in the ER: Initial Evaluation and Interventions, M Lipp, A Thierbach, W Dick (Germany). Pain Management in the OR: Regional Anesthesia for Operative Intervention and to Augment General Anesthesia, NM Gajraj, A. Giesecke (Dallas, Texas). Pain Management and Sedation in the ICU, R Pearl Et Al. (Stanford, California, USA). Pain Management in the Rehabilitation Center, F Falco, C Narrow, P. Raj, D Breitstein. K Abrams, C Grande (Baltimore, Maryland, USA). Part III: PERIOPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT in TRAUMA: TECHNIQUES and APPLICATIONS. Patient-Controlled Analgesia, A Rosenberg, B Porter (Iowa), J Lupatkin (New York, USA). Epidural and Spinal Techniques, S Hassassian, H Tabakian (Baltimore, Maryland, USA). Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks for the Management of Trauma to the Extremities, A Winnie, K Candido, M Torres (Chicago, Illinois, USA). Thoracic Blocks, G Orliaguet, P Carli (Paris, France). Non-Pharmacologic Techniques for Pain Management, B Snow, P Gusmarino (New York, USA). Part IV: PAIN MANAGEMENT for SPECIFIC TRAUMA PATIENT POPULATIONS and INJURED ORGAN SYSTEMS. The Pediatric Trauma Patient, L Broadman (Morganstown, USA). The Pregnant Trauma Patient, P Dalby, S Ramanathan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). The Burn Patient, L Deloach, J Stiff (Baltimore, Maryland, USA). The Trauma Patient with Thoracic and Abdominal Injuries, R. Sinatra, S. Ennevor (New Haven, Connecticut, USA). The Trauma Patient with Neurologic Injuries, I Osborne, H Choudhri. G Sandor (New York, USA). The Trauma Patient with Orthopedic Injuries, R Bernstein, A Rosenberg, D Albert (New York, USA). Chronic Pain After Trauma: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Phantom Pain Syndrome, PA Mendez-Tellez, M. Lema (Buffalo, New York, USA).