Regional Anesthesia for Painful Injuries after Disasters (RAPID): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lower extremity trauma during earthquakes accounts for the largest burden of disaster-related injuries. Insufficient pain management is common in resource-limited disaster settings, and regional anesthesia (RA) may reduce pain in injured patients beyond current standards of care. To date, no controlled trials have been conducted to evaluate the use of RA for pain management in a disaster setting.

Methods/design

The Regional Anesthesia for Painful Injuries after Disasters (RAPID) study aims to evaluate whether regional anesthesia (RA), either with or without ultrasound (US) guidance, can reduce pain from earthquake-related lower limb injuries in a disaster setting. The proposed study is a blinded, randomized controlled equivalence trial among earthquake victims wit

SUBMITTER: Levine AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5109730 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature