Paramedics' experiences of administering fascia iliaca compartment block to patients in South Wales with suspected hip fracture at the scene of injury: results of focus groups.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore paramedics' experience of delivering fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) to patients with suspected hip fracture at the scene of injury.

Design

Focus groups within a randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Paramedics based at ambulance stations in the catchment area of one Emergency Department in South Wales, recruited and trained in a feasibility study about an alternative to routine prehospital pain management for patients with suspected hip fracture.

Participants

11 paramedics.

Intervention

Paramedic-administered FICB to patients with suspected hip fracture. We randomly allocated eligible patients to FICB, a local anaesthetic injection directly into the hip region-or usual care, most commonly morphine - using audited scrat

SUBMITTER: Evans BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398707 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature