STRETCH: Stinging tree exposures to Cairns Hospital.

Ruth YoungAngela JacksonFiona RyanMark Little

Published in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2023)

Stinging tree exposure results in significant presentations to the Cairns ED each year. Pain is immediate and severe and there are no clear first aid or definitive treatment recommendations. Further work is needed to ascertain the best first aid and definitive treatment including a formal trial of dilute HCl.

Keyphrases

emergency department
study protocol
randomized controlled trial
squamous cell carcinoma
early onset
neuropathic pain
combination therapy
phase ii
postoperative pain