1. MANAGEMENT OF PAIN IN PRE-HOSPITAL SETTINGS.
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Parker, Michael and Rodgers, Antony
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ANALGESICS , *ANALGESIA , *DOCUMENTATION , *EMERGENCY medical services , *EMERGENCY medical technicians , *EMERGENCY medicine , *MEDICAL protocols , *MORPHINE , *NOCICEPTORS , *PAIN , *PATIENTS , *POST-traumatic stress disorder , *SCALE analysis (Psychology) , *WOUNDS & injuries , *DECISION making in clinical medicine , *PROFESSIONAL practice , *PATIENT refusal of treatment , *PAIN measurement , *VISUAL analog scale , *TREATMENT effectiveness , *ACUTE diseases , *NOCICEPTIVE pain - Abstract
Assessment and management of pain in pre-hospital care settings are important aspects of paramedic and clinical team roles. As emergency department waiting times and delays in paramedic-to-nurse handover increase, it becomes more and more vital that patients receive adequate pre-hospital pain relief. However, administration of analgesia can be inadequate and can result in patients experiencing oligoanalgesia, or under-treated pain. This article examines these issues along with the aetiology of trauma and the related socioeconomic background of traumatic injury. It reviews validated pain-assessment tools, outlines physiological responses to traumatic pain and discusses some of the misconceptions about the provision of effective analgesia in pre-hospital settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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