Tools and resources
The Defense & Veterans Consortium for Integrative Pain Management provides a wide variety of tools and resources that are available to the public to assist in the treatment of acute and chronic pain management.
Air & Ground Pain Casualty Evacuation
Pain management and evacuation are often critically linked. These resources provide information and necessary documentation for use during air or ground evacuation.
Battlefield Acupuncture
As part of a multifaceted strategy to combat the opioid crisis and provide non-pharmacological alternatives to pain management, DVCIPM and the VHA National Pain Management Program Office completed a Joint Incentive Fund acupuncture education and training program entitled, Acupuncture Training Across Clinical Settings (ATACS).
Pain Management Task Force
In August 2009, the Army Surgeon General chartered the Army Pain Management Task Force to make recommendations for a comprehensive pain management strategy that would provide optimal quality of life for soldiers and other patients dealing with pain. The PMTF included representatives from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and VHA. The final report contains holistic, multidisciplinary, and multimodal pain management strategies to address acute and chronic pain of soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, veterans, and others.
Download the Pain Management Task Force Report
Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program (OEND)
The OEND program provides prescribers and pharmacists with educational materials that can be shared with their patients; training on clinical decision pathways to determine when naloxone is recommended; and regular feedback through quarterly reports to reinforce behavior change.
Defense & Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS)
This free resource is available as a downloadable PDF and supplemental questions to be used to determine a patient’s level of pain.
Pain Assessment Screening Tool and Outcomes Registry (PASTOR)
The Pain Assessment Screening Tool and Outcomes Registry (PASTOR) is a 20-30 minute survey that produces a comprehensive 3-page clinician report of a patient's chronic pain.
Pain Registry Biobank
The Pain Registry Biobank is a novel, innovative IRB-approved registry that combines patient-reported outcomes (PASTOR) with blood/tissue samples and medical history data from enrolled participants.
Joint Pain Education Program (JPEP)
The Joint Pain Education Project (JPEP) curriculum was developed by DoD and VA personnel with the expressed purpose of providing a common approach and understanding of pain managing for clinicians in both Departments.
DVCIPM (MARAA) Book Project
This handbook, developed by DVCIPM serves as a resource for managing the pain of battlefield trauma, and should educate anesthesiology residents in the art and science of advanced regional anesthesia techniques.
Human Performance Resources by CHAMP
CHAMP carries out and translates research to improve service member performance in the field and returning to duty. CHAMP aims to be DoD’s best resource for evidence-based information on human performance optimization (HPO) to improve the performance and resilience of our service members and their families.