A protocol to improve analgesia use in the accident and emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 177-179

  Goodacre, S W ^a   Roden, R K ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute trauma; Analgesia; Audit; Protocol

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALGESIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FRACTURES, BONE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ORTHOPEDICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0029922725     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.3.177     Document Type: Article

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