National project seeking to improve pain management in the emergency department setting: Findings from the NHMRC-NICS National Pain Management Initiative

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-126

  Doherty, Steven ^a   Knott, Jonathan ^b   Bennetts, Scott ^c   Jazayeri, Mitra ^d   Huckson, Sue ^e  

^a Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Pain management; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84876125326     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12022     Document Type: Article

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