Breaking Through the Pain Barrier

Download or read book Breaking Through the Pain Barrier written by Gabriella Kelly-Davies and published by Hawkeye Publishing Pty Limited. This book was released on 2021-07-25 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award winning Australian biography endorsed by Painaustralia. In 1964 a junior doctor saw two critically burned boys run into a Sydney hospital begging for help. He saved their lives but struggled to reduce their suffering because few pain treatments existed. That doctor dedicated his life to reducing suffering by improving the treatment of pain. In a career that spanned 50 years, Dr Michael Cousins led the pain world, and crusaded tirelessly for access to pain management to be viewed as a universal human right. He developed new treatments such as epidural analgesia and closed-loop spinal stimulation that revolutionised pain management.