Acute pain management
The service is run by the Acute Pain Nurse specialist, led by Consultant Anaesthetists with a special interest in acute pain management. Consultant ward rounds are four times a week which are supplemented by daily nurse led rounds, supported on occasions by a pharmacist.
The service covers both adults and children.
A full range of post operative analgesia options are available at RNOH, including Patient Controlled Analgesia, peripheral nerve block, epidural infusion, oral and topical medication and non-drug treatments.
Contact: 020 8909 5757/5301
Acute Pain Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Elizabeth Winstone RGN/RSCN
- Cheryl Girvan RGN
Other services
- Dr Tacson Fernandez - Chronic Pain Medicine: Management of neuropathic pain states, Persistent post surgical neuropathic pain, Complex regional pain syndrome
- Dr Michael Hetreed - Acute pain management - regional anaesthesia
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