Clinical practice of pre-hospital analgesia: An observational study of 20,978 missions in Switzerland

Pain is a frequent problem faced by emergency medical services (EMS) in pre-hospital settings. This large observational study aims to assess the prevalence of sufficiently provided analgesia and to analyze the efficacy of different analgesics. Moreover, we evaluated if quality of analgesia changed with an emergency physician on scene or depended on paramedics ’ gender.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research