Spotlight on Opioids: Guidance for Rural Health Care Professionals

Funding provided by CHS helped to support the development of these resources for the farming community.

August 2018 Think Tank Results Report

OnDemand Webinars - find these and more in the AgriSafe Learning Lab!

Using Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose in the Agricultural Workplace: Information for Employers and Workers
Presenter: Heather Lyons-Burney, Pharm.D.,  UMKC School of Pharmacy at MSU

Assessment of Opioid Misuse Risk Among Farmers in the Clinical Setting
Presenters: Dr. Ali Hartman, Consulting PT, DPT, CF-L1, Pro-Activity North Carolina
Charlotte Halverson, RN, BSN, COHN-S, Clinical Director, AgriSafe Network 

Safety Sensitivity of Opioid Use in High Hazardous Industries Such as Agriculture
Presenters: Heather Lyons-Burney, Pharm.D.,  UMKC School of Pharmacy at MSU, 
Ann Marie Butler Kemp, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Natalie Roy, MPH, Executive Director, AgriSafe Network 

Talking to Farmers About Their Pain
Presenters: Dr. Ali Hartman, Consulting PT, DPT, CF-L1, Pro-Activity North Carolina and Knesha Rose-Davison, MPH, Health Communications Director, AgriSafe Network 

The Rise of Opioid Use in Rural Communities: Prevalence and Strategies
Presenter: John Gale, MS, Senior Research Associate, Population Health & Health Policy Program and Maine Rural Health Research Center, University of Southern Maine 

AgriSafe Think Tank: Defining the Rural Health Care Professional's Role in the Prevention of Opioid Misuse

Resources for Health Professionals

Prescribing Guidelines

• Opioids for Acute Pain: What you need to know - CDC factsheet (pdf)
• Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - CDC factsheet (pdf)
• Nonopiod Treatments for Chronic Pain - CDC factsheet (pdf)

Practice Guidelines

• ACOEM Practice Guidelines: Opioids for Treatment of Acute, Subacute, Chronic, and Postoperative Pain - JOEM
• ACOEM Practice Guidelines: Opioids and Safety Sensitive Work - JOEM

Additional Provider Resources

• Resource Guide: Talking to Farmers About Their Pain - AgriSafe/ProActivity (pdf)
• Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale - Wesson & Lang (pdf)
• Opioid Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments - CDC factsheet (pdf)
• Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) - CDC factsheet (pdf)
• 2017 COAT Annual Report - (pdf)
• Talk to Farmers About Their Pain - image (pdf)

• Using Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose in the Workplace: Information for Employers and Workers