Trauma pain management in the emergency department: use of methoxyflurane as a patient-administered analgesic.
Emerg Nurse
; 30(5): 25-30, 2022 Aug 30.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1903864
ABSTRACT
Evidence suggests that pain is highly prevalent among patients with traumatic injuries who attend emergency departments (EDs), yet accurate assessment and management of patients with acute pain can be challenging in this setting. Effective and rapid pain management is beneficial for patients and can support timely discharge from the ED, which is particularly important in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This article describes a service development project that introduced the use of a patient-administered analgesic, methoxyflurane, for patients with traumatic injuries with moderate to severe pain in one ED. The author outlines the benefits and rationale for using methoxyflurane as a first-line analgesic in this patient group and describes the main elements of training sessions for emergency nurses and other ED clinicians in the administration and supervision of patient-administered methoxyflurane.
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Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anesthetics, Inhalation
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Acute Pain
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Emerg Nurse
Journal subject:
Nursing
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Emergency Medicine
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Traumatology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
En.2022.e2124
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