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Anaesthesiologie
September 2024
Universitätsklinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, Johannes Wesling Klinikum Minden, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Hans-Nolte-Straße 1, 32429, Minden, Deutschland.
Objective: Following recent changes to the German Narcotics Act, this article examines prehospital analgesia by paramedics using piritramide vs. nalbuphine + paracetamol.
Material And Methods: Prehospital analgesia administered by paramedics from the Fulda (piritramide) and Gütersloh (nalbuphine + paracetamol) emergency services was compared regarding pain intensity at the beginning and end of the mission, measured using the numeric rating scale (NRS).
J Perianesth Nurs
June 2024
Department of Anaesthesiology, Division of General Anaesthesiology, Emergency, and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. Electronic address:
Purpose: Adequate pain management is eminently relevant for elderly and more vulnerable patients with hip fractures in the setting of pre and postoperative pain. This study compares postoperative hip fracture patients treated with standard pain management with a variety of medications or an approach with only one option in each medication category (nonopioid: acetaminophen; opioid: fentanyl TTS 12,5 mcg/hour; rescue medication: piritramide) to simplify the treatment algorithm for nurses and improve patient well-being.
Design: Double-blind randomized controlled trial.
BMC Emerg Med
September 2023
Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, St. Josefs-Hospital Cloppenburg, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Hannover Medical School (MHH), Krankenhausstrasse, 13, 49661, Cloppenburg, Germany.
Abstrac: BACKGROUND: Treatment of acute pain is an essential element of pre-hospital care for injured and critically ill patients. Clinical studies indicate the need for improvement in the prehospital analgesia.
Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the current situation in out of hospital pain management in Germany regarding the substances, indications, dosage and the delegation of the use of analgesics to emergency medical service (EMS) staff.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
January 2023
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller Str. 3, 24105, Kiel, Germany.
Background: Pain management in the pre-hospital setting remains a particular challenge for paramedics and emergency physicians, especially in children. This study evaluates the pre-hospital use and effect of analgesics in children with trauma or pain due to other reasons.
Methods: This study is a retrospective analysis of the database of a German air rescue service and was conducted over a period of 9 years (2012-2020) to assess pain in general and whether patients with trauma pain due to other reasons received treatment with analgesics.
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