THE FUTURE AND OTHER

SELECTED SUBJECTS

C. Douglas Stewart, PA/C MBA

Dir. of Interventional Pain Medicine

Center For Pain Relief

Charleston, West Virginia

WE ALL ARE STILL LOOKING FOR QUICK PAIN RELIEF

THE FUTURE, WHAT DOES IT HOLD

HOW ARE THINGS CHANGING

Faster More Automated Less personal

intervention What do we

need??

NEW DELIVERY SYSTEMS Smaller in Displacement Better Battery The Pizo Battery Dual Chamber Pump Remote Programming and Evaluation

HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS“I WANT A NEW DRUG” Much research currently going on Nerve Growth Factor 2004 on going Lentiviral Gene Transfer 2011

Alters gene expression in DRG Capsasicin 2012 Adenovirus engineered RNA 2012 Nano Technology Then of course the ultimate drug –

“PANACEACAINE”

DOES ALL THIS IMPROVE OUR CARE OF THE PATIENT? We definitely need to keep an eye on

the horizon but the other one needs to be focused on the patient.

SAFETY!! It’s easy to become distracted with the

new, latest and greatest

BAD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN WE DON’T PAY ATTENTION, SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN WE DO

THE “NEW STANDARD” It’s a moving target How we do refills New equipment available

Ultrasound? Constant Vigilance A “Plan”

A MUST READ

MANDATES A CHECKLIST Makes us stop Evaluate Everything

correct Verify Sign off This is not

esoteric