The use of action learning as a strategy for improving pain management in the Emergency Department

摘要

This paper discusses the use of action learning to improve the management of moderate pain in the Emergency Department (ED) of a large adult hospital. It addresses two specific issues. The first is the failure to treat pain promptly in EDs and the second is the introduction of action learning sets as a means of using an interdisciplinary approach to improving the time to treatment for patients with moderate pain.