We report the results of a process improvement initiative to examine the current use and
safety of prehospital pain medications by US Forces in Afghanistan. Prehospital pain …

Background: Combat injuries result in acute, severe pain. Early use of analgesia after injury
is known to be beneficial. Studies on prehospital analgesia in combat are limited and no …

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 …

Background. Few studies demonstrate the impact of early aggressive analgesia with acute
pain service (APS) involvement at combat support hospitals (CSHs) using real-time data …

Morphine and other opioid drugs have played a major role in austere environment pain
management since the Civil War, particularly in the military. While the pre-eminence and …

BACKGROUND Pain control in trauma is an integral part of treatment in combat casualty
care (CCC). More soldiers injured on the battlefield will need analgesics for pain than those …

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 …

Battlefield analgesia and post-injury pain management is a high priority within the military
medical community. The combined military services of the USA have developed a Pain Task …

At the start of the Afghanistan conflict, battlefield analgesia for US military casualties was
achieved primarily through the use of intramuscular (IM) morphine. This is a suboptimal …

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