Nurse-Administered Analgesic Treatment in Italian Emergency Medical Services: A Nationwide Survey.
Guglielmo ImbriacoRiccardo RondelliFederica MaroniSelene MazzolaniSilvia SassoStefano SebastianiBoaz Gedaliahu Samolsky DekelPublished in: Journal of pain research (2021)
Despite international consensus on the necessity, efficacy, and safety of nurses' prehospital analgesia provision, nurse-administered analgesia protocols are available in less than half of Italian provinces, with substantial differences between northern, central, and southern areas. These results indirectly indicate potential undertreatment of prehospital pain in Italy and yield practice improvements.
Keyphrases
- emergency medical
- primary care
- pain management
- healthcare
- postoperative pain
- chronic pain
- neuropathic pain
- mental health
- ultrasound guided
- cardiac arrest
- palliative care
- trauma patients
- spinal cord
- climate change
- anti inflammatory
- combination therapy
- human health
- quality improvement
- replacement therapy
- risk assessment
- affordable care act