This study will determine whether application of a patch containing a topical anesthetic (numbing medicine) named lidocaine can reduce the pain of subsequent insertion of an intravenous catheter in Emergency Department patients.
Patients will be randomly assigned to an active lidocaine patch or a patch that conatins a placebo or inactive agent. Neither the patient nor the practitioner will know which patch is used since they will appear identical.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
45
Lidocaine 70 mg/tetracaine 70 mg
Placebo patch identical in appearance to Synera
Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, New York, United States
Pain on Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Pain on 100 mm Visual Aanalog Scale from 0 (no pain) to 100 (most pain).
Time frame: 0 MINUTES
Success of Intravenous (IV) Insertion
Percentage of patients in whom intravenous catheter was inserted successfully
Time frame: After first attempt of catheter insertion
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