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Research Article: Analgesic Therapy with the Opioids Fentanyl and Morphine by Ambulance Personnel in Rural Areas: An Observational Study Over Years

Date Published: 2024-01-25

Abstract:
The treatment of severe pain (NRS ? ) is one of the basic procedures in emergency medicine. The incidence of acute (moderate to severe) pain is in the order of % to % of patients treated.– The need to improve analgesic therapy in the ambulance service arises from clinical studies.,, The use of effective medication by the emergency physician is part of this procedure; until August , only the licensed physician in Germany was allowed to apply opioid analgesics. In the amending resolution for the Narcotic Drugs Act and the Narcotic Drugs Ordinance, the independent administration of opioids by emergency paramedics is now permissible if an emergency doctor is not available in time, there is a risk to the patient due to secondary damage (eg to the myocardium due to pain-induced tachycardia/hypertonia) or there is an unreasonable (traumatising) disturbance of the patient’s state of mind due to the strongest pain. In rural areas, longer arrival times of the emergency physician interfere with the earliest possible treatment of pain. With a lower density of emergency physician bases, the availability of the emergency physician is not guaranteed at any time. The longer distances between the emergency physician’s base and the scene of the emergency as well as the distances to the next suitable clinic lead to an increased time commitment of the emergency physician. The number of physician-assisted transfers from the hospitals of the districts to specialized centres, for which no rescue vehicle (intensive care ambulance, rescue helicopter) is separately available, is also greater in rural regions than in conurbations.

Introduction:
The treatment of severe pain (NRS ? ) is one of the basic procedures in emergency medicine. The incidence of acute (moderate to severe) pain is in the order of % to % of patients treated. – The need to improve analgesic therapy in the ambulance service arises from clinical studies. , , The use of effective medication by the emergency physician is part of this procedure; until August , only the licensed physician in Germany was allowed to apply opioid analgesics. In the amending resolution for the Narcotic Drugs…

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