Prescription of analgesia in emergency medicine (POEM) secondary analysis: an observational multicentre comparison of pain relief provided to adults and children with an isolated limb fracture and/or dislocation.

In contrast to previous studies, children with a limb fracture/dislocation are more likely than adults to have a pain score documented and to receive appropriate analgesia. Unexpectedly, children's EDs performed better than general EDs in relation to timely and appropriate analgesia but the reasons for this are not apparent from the present study.