Pain (Part 3) - Systems issues and special circumstances
Description
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 3, we look at challenges in building a system that leads to good pain relief as well as some special circumstances including opioid dependence and chronic pain.
Further resources
Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence: 5th Edition
Ketamine for the treatment of prehospital acute pain: a systematic review of benefit and harm
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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