All the discussion so far has been relating to morphine and diamorph.
Seeing quite a few kids in our A&E department, a lot of the time a loading
dose of paracetamol and ibuprofen would do very adequately.
They are drugs that are readily available to parents over the counter so why
not have our paramedics give them
By the time the child arrives in A&E, he/she is starting to reap the
benefits of the analgesia.
Scary amounts of parents will not give their child analgesia but instead
just dial 999 for the big white bus to hospital so that we can give them
it...
Simple analgesia is the key to a lot of pain control.
John Horley
Staff Nurse A&E
Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust Hospital
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