Although the majority of potentially preventable fatalities among US combat forces serving in
Afghanistan and Iraq have died from hemorrhagic shock, the majority of US medics carry …

Importance Pain is a common out-of-hospital symptom among patients, and opioids are
often prescribed. Research suggests that overprescribing for acute traumatic pain is still …

Background: Published data on prehospital medical care in combat is limited, likely due to
the chaotic and unpredictable nature of care under fire and difficulty in documentation There …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We assess the efficacy of intravenous ketamine compared with
intravenous morphine in reducing pain in adults with significant out-of-hospital traumatic …

Objective: Analgesia in the prehospital setting is an extremely important, yet controversial
topic. Ketamine, a N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, has been commonly …

Background and Objectives To investigate whether endogenous opioids might be involved
in the mechanisms that underlie hemorrhagic shock-induced analgesia, formalin tests were …

Introduction Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl and its analogs have driven striking increases in
opioid-associated overdose deaths. These highly potent opioids can be found at low …

Management of severe pain in the prehospital setting has been a controversial topic since
the development of the organized delivery of prehospital emergency care. Concerns …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to compare in emergency settings 2 analgesic
regimens, morphine with ketamine (K group) or morphine with placebo (P group), for severe …

The vast majority of injured patients suffer from pain. Systematic assessment of pain on
admission to the emergency department (ED) is a cornerstone of translating the best …