Acute pain assessment and management in the prehospital setting, in the Western Cape, South Africa: a knowledge, attitudes and practices survey.
Andrit LourensPeter W HodkinsonRomy ParkerPublished in: BMC emergency medicine (2020)
Our results suggest that there is suboptimal knowledge and attitudes regarding pain among emergency care providers in the Western Cape, South Africa. Gaps in pain knowledge, attitudes and practices were identified. Some barriers and enablers of pain care in the South African prehospital setting were identified but further research is indicated.
Keyphrases
- south africa
- healthcare
- pain management
- chronic pain
- hiv positive
- neuropathic pain
- cardiac arrest
- mental health
- palliative care
- emergency department
- public health
- liver failure
- spinal cord
- quality improvement
- cross sectional
- intensive care unit
- postoperative pain
- emergency medical
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- antiretroviral therapy