Pain Management
“Before you trade in your morphine for ketamine, the adverse events need to be discussed”
Assess abdominal pain in 5 seconds or less with Steve Whitehead
The key to differentiating abdominal pain is to utilize as many assessment tools as possible
Pain is one of the primary reasons people call 911; there’s a growing concern in EMS that providers aren’t doing enough to assess, treat and relieve pain
More training is needed because prehospital providers may be unfamiliar with new medications and techniques to manage pain, and may be reluctant to give pain medications for fear of adverse effects
AMR follows collaborative process to identify treatments, assessments that make the most difference to patient health and satisfaction
Picture your spine as a stack of oval blocks with jelly doughnuts in between and a big bowling ball on top and it’s pretty clear there’s no such thing as a strong back
Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson bring expert perspective to hot topics, clinical issues, operational and leadership lessons to EMS personnel and leaders to be safe and successful
Does a patient’s skin color affect how EMS manages pain?
Atomized nasal medications, like naloxone or fentanyl, absorb directly into the brain and CSF via olfactory mucosa
Give this a try next time you have to splint a patient with a hip fracture in cramped quarters
Learn about Hydrocodone’s drug profile, proper doses, potential side effects and how it affects your patients.
Analysis of more than 150,000 emergency room visits found differences in prescribing by race and ethnicity for every type of pain