• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  John Bonica is recognized as the "Father of Pain Management, yet few know of his early beginnings in professional wrestling as the "Masked Marvel Entertainer (MME). Interestingly enough, MME, or "morphine milligram equivalent" is a term in pain management that has great debate and almost universal utilization in all facets of patient care and society alike. Although involving middle-school math, the utilization by MMEs by so very many healthcare professionals somehow becomes immediately complicated, and understandably so. In this discussion, we will clear the air on the limitations of MMEs, review the MME factors of the most common prescription opioid medications, and deploy them into practice with many MME dosage calculations. Audience members may even end up with a better understanding of MMEs than the Masked Marvel Entertainer himself!
  

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   22235H08_2pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   22235H08_6pp.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Calculate morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) based on the 2016 CDC Chronic Pain Opioid Guidelines

  Utilize morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) in gradual opioid tapering and opioid rotation dosage calculations

  Recall the correlation of high-risk morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) levels with opioid overdose and opioid overdose death

  Nurse

  Calculate morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) based on the 2016 CDC Chronic Pain Opioid Guidelines

  Utilize morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) in gradual opioid tapering and opioid rotation dosage calculations

  Recall the correlation of high-risk morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) levels with opioid overdose and opioid overdose death

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Application

  CE Broker

  20-1036158

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-22-235-H08-P
  Nurse 0798-0000-22-235-H08-N
  

  PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

  PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

  In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.

• Activity INSTRUCTION

  Faculty

  Mark  Garofoli, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE, CTTS Assistant Professor, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy

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