Quality of analgesia in physician-operated telemedical prehospital emergency care is comparable to physician-based prehospital care - a retrospective longitudinal study

Abstract Acute pain is a common reason for summoning emergency medical services (EMS). Yet in several countries the law restricts opioid-based analgesia administration to physicians. Telemedical support of paramedics is a novel approach to enable timely treatment under the guidance of a physician. I...

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Main Authors: Niklas Lenssen, Andreas Krockauer, Stefan K. Beckers, Rolf Rossaint, Frederik Hirsch, Jörg C. Brokmann, Sebastian Bergrath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01437-5