Measurement of pain in the prehospital setting using a visual analogue scale

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-358

  Lord, Bill A ^a   Parsell, Brian ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Greater Sydney Area Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Ambulance Service New South Wales Rescue Helicopter Base Bankstown Airport   (Australia)

Author keywords

benchmarking; emergency medical services; emergency medical technicians; pain measurement; prehospital; visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESCUE PERSONNEL;

ANALGESICS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4344701217     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X0000131X     Document Type: Article

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