Prehospital pain management: A comparison of providers' perceptions and practices

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-39

  Hennes, Halim ^a,b   Kim, Michael K ^a   Pirrallo, Ronald G ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; And analgesia; Children; Emergency medical services; Pain; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARM INJURY; BURN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23244443978     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120590891705     Document Type: Review

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