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Michigan OPEN

Open for Community Workers

You’re on the frontlines, helping to manage the complex issues associated with chronic opioid use and dependency. We’re working to change the way opioids are dispensed and used by offering evidenced-based alternatives for healthcare providers and patients, while also trying to affect legislation to combat the epidemic. Here you can find resources, like:
Educational brochures and posters
Medication disposal site maps
Information on legislative gains in Michigan
Continuing education opportunities
Naloxone access in Michigan
See the latest information for community workers:
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Pediatric Prescribing Recommendations

Use OPEN’s Pediatric evidence-based acute care opioid prescribing recommendations after surgery.

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Pediatric Surgical Pain Management Toolkit for Families

This toolkit will help families prepare their child for postoperative pain management.

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Pediatric Surgical Pain Management Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals

This toolkit will help Healthcare Professionals guide their patient and their family through postoperative pain management.

 

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Youth Action Planning for Healing After Surgery

Use this worksheet with your care team to help prepare and manage pain after your surgery.

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Pediatrics Non-Medication Pain Management

Learn how to help manage your child’s pain and anxiety after surgery.

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Pediatric Best Practices Card

Easily share best practices for managing a child’s pain after surgery.

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Pediatric Planning For Surgery and Pain Management Worksheet

Use and share this worksheet with your child’s care team to help prepare and manage pain after your child’s surgery.

Opioid Prescribing for Wisdom Tooth Extraction

Check out this one-minute video about non-opioid pain management options for children and teens after wisdom teeth removal. Video captions are in Arabic.

How Do You Treat Pain? (For Teens)

A one-page flyer created by the Pediatric Trauma Group at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital focused on non-medication options for teens.

Non-Drug Options for Pain Management and Comfort in Children

A document created by Michigan Medicine Child Life providing greater detail on non-medication strategies.

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Medication Tracking Log

Help keep track of the use of medications your child is taking after surgery.