Pain is one of the most common reasons people seek help from paramedics and other healthcare professionals. Do we take it seriously? Could we be doing better? James sits down with paramedicine luminary and pain researcher A/Prof Bill Lord for a three-part series on pain.

In Episode 1, we look at assessment, bias, and disparities in pain care.

In the coming months, we’ll bring you the rest of our discussion covering best practice pain relief, system issues, myths about opioids, and special circumstances in pain care.


Further resources

Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence: 5th Edition

Ketamine for the treatment of prehospital acute pain: a systematic review of benefit and harm

Pain relief that matters to patients: systematic review of empirical studies assessing the minimum clinically important difference in acute pain

Ambulance call triage outcomes for patients reporting pain: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of pain score versus triage level

Chronic pain in the paramedic practice setting – a qualitative study of patients’ perspective

Influence of patient race on administration of analgesia by student paramedics

Report on Government Services 2024

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