Paramedic use of nalbuphine in major injury

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 136-139

  Gray, A ^a   Johnson, G ^a   Goodacre, S ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Nalbuphine; Paramedic skills; Paramedic training; Prehospital trauma care; Severely injured patients

Indexed keywords

NALBUPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; NALBUPHINE; PAIN; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031217118     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-199709000-00004     Document Type: Article

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