Objectives: The objectives of this study were to assess comparative effectiveness and harms
of opioid and nonopioid analgesics for the treatment of moderate to severe acute pain in the …

BACKGROUND Intravenous ketamine is commonly used for pain management in the
civilian prehospital setting. Several studies have evaluated its effectiveness in the military …

Background: Most potentially preventable deaths occur in the prehospital setting before
reaching a military treatment facility with surgical capabilities. Thus, optimizing the care we …

Background Ketamine, a multimodal dissociative anesthetic drug, is widely used as an
analgesic following traumatic injury. Although ketamine may produce anti-inflammatory …

Blast exposure, commonly experienced by military personnel, can cause devastating life-
threatening polysystem trauma. Despite considerable research efforts, the impact of the …

Abstract Background: Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) guidelines regarding
prehospital analgesia agents have evolved. The guidelines stopped recommending …

Background As pediatric patients are typically rare among helicopter emergency medical
systems (HEMS), children might be at risk for oligo-analgesia due to the rescuer's lack of …

Background: Previous studies have evaluated prehospital analgesia during combat
operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but were limited to the adult population. However, a …

Introduction Hemorrhage is the leading threat to the survival of battlefield casualties. This
study aims to investigate the types of fluids and blood products administered in prehospital …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects millions of people annually, and most cases are classified
as mild TBI (mTBI). Ketamine is a potent trauma analgesic and anesthetic with anti …