Rapid Analgesia for Prehospital hip Disruption (RAPID): findings from a randomised feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In managing hip fracture, effective pain relief before admission to hospital is difficult without risking side effects. Although emergency departments routinely use fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB), there has been little evaluation of its use by paramedics before hospital admission. We aimed to assess whether a multi-centre randomised trial to evaluate FICB was feasible.

Methods

Volunteer paramedics used scratchcards to allocate patients with hip fracture at random between FICB and pain relief as usual. Primary outcomes were mortality and quality of life. We also measured adverse events, costs, final diagnosis, length of stay in hospital, pain scores and quality of care and collected qualitative data about acceptability to patients in interviews, and paramed

SUBMITTER: Jones JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6560881 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature