Hadzic's Regional Anesthesia > Part X. Regional Anesthesia in Specific Patient Populations > Chapter 68. Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain Management in the Emergency Department Jeffrey Gadsden, MD, Knox H. Todd, MD

Pain Assessment in the ED

"Recognizing that pain is a major public health problem, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has placed a great deal of emphasis on the importance of pain management, in part by implementing standards that create new expectations for the assessment and management of pain²⁹ (Table 68–1). These standards have been endorsed by the American Pain Society...."