FPM Professional Documents
A key function of the Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) is to prepare and distribute professional documents, which set down the formal, board-approved guidelines for practice, including:
PM01 (PM) (Appendix): Opioid Dose Equivalence Calculation Table
PS11(PM): Procedures in Pain Medicine Clinical Care Standard
To view all FPM (ANZCA) Professional Documents click here
Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence (5th edition) 2020
Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence is published every five years by the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetist and its Faculty of Pain Medicine and covers a wide range of clinical topics, combining a review of the best available evidence for acute pain management with current clinical and expert practice.
The Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence (5th Edition) 2020 can be downloaded here as a PDF file.
The National Strategic Action Plan
The National Strategic Action Plan for Pain Management is a nationally co-ordinated effort to address the effective care and management for people living with chronic pain in Australia. It presents a whole-of-care approach, with a focus on supporting self-management, to reduce the burden of chronic pain on the individual and the community, and increase quality of life for people living with this condition.
The Action plan sets out 8 key priority actions to improve access to and knowledge of best practice pain management, around the themes of: coordination and leadership; care; implementation; research; prevention and support.
The Action Plan is sector-led and has been developed by Painaustralia with funding from the Australian Government Department of Health.
The National Strategic Actionn Plan for Pain Management can be downloaded here in PDF or WORD formats.
Opioid Calculator
The Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists has developed an opioid equianalgesic calculator, designed for specialist and general medical practitioners as well as for medical students, nurses and allied health practitioners engaged in the care of patients with persistent pain. This is an essential clinical tool simplifying the calculation of equianalgesia expressed as total oral morphine equivalent daily dose (oMEDD). It is available as a free smart phone application in both Apple and Android versions and on desktop.
