Pre-hospital emergency medicine: pain control

In the long term, pain control decreases the incidence of post-traumatic stress.2 However, acute pain in trauma patients in emergency care is still undertreated, pre-hospital medical providers administer analgesic agents at inappropriately low rates, and the delays until the initiation of pain thera...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2016-02, Vol.387 (10020), p.747-747
Main Authors: Ariès, Philippe, Montelescaut, Etienne, Pessey, François, des Déserts, Marc Danguy, Giacardi, Christophe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Critical Care - organization & administration
Emergency medical care
Emergency Medical Services - organization & administration
Emergency Medicine - organization & administration
Emergency Treatment - methods
Humans
Internal Medicine
Pain management
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Summary:In the long term, pain control decreases the incidence of post-traumatic stress.2 However, acute pain in trauma patients in emergency care is still undertreated, pre-hospital medical providers administer analgesic agents at inappropriately low rates, and the delays until the initiation of pain therapy can be substantial.3 The use of regional analgesia in emergency departments has increased recently.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00325-1