[Prehospital analgesia by paramedics in Rhineland-Palatinate : Feasability, analgesic effectiveness and safety of intravenous paracetamol].

CONCLUSION: The prehospital intravenous administration of paracetamol by paramedics to patients with limb trauma is simple, safe and in 50 % of the patients effective in achieving a NRS value < 5; however, further improvements in prehospital pain therapy initiated by paramedics are desirable, especially in patients with an initial NRS value > 7.
PMID: 26497656 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Der Anaesthesist - October 26, 2015 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Luiz T, Scherer G, Wickenkamp A, Blaschke F, Hoffmann W, Schiffer M, Zimmer J, Schaefer S, Voigt C Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research