Ambulance clinician perspectives of disparity in prehospital child pain management: A mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

When children suffer acute pain, the ambulance service is often involved to provide initial assessment, treatment, and transport. Several predictors of effective pain management have been identified, including children who are younger (0-5 years), administered analgesics, and living in homes from more affluent areas.

Objective

To explain previously identified predictors of effective prehospital pain management in children.

Design

Mixed methods sequential explanatory study.

Setting and participants

East Midlands Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) participated in face-to-face semi-structured interviews. These were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim, and coded using thematic analysis. Me

SUBMITTER: Whitley GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8033633 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature