A sufficient analgesia in injured or sick people is the main goal of physicians treating a patient. In emergency medicine potent analgesia like ketamine or opioids are routinely used. It is unknown if there are any severe side effects or if the use is safe while in use in a Helicopter Emergency Service equipped with emergency physicians.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
35,000
analgesics given to a patient treated from HEMS
hypnotics given to a patient treated from HEMS
General and Surgical Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Successful analgesia
Change in reported pain severity before and after treatment with analgesic. (Numeric Rating Scale, NRS, eleven-point scale reporting no pain=0, to maximum pain=10; 1-3 mild pain, 4-6 moderate pain, 7-10 severe pain)
Time frame: 2000-2016
Analgesic, drug type
Use of analgesic (n= type of analgesic)
Time frame: 2000-2016
Analgesic, frequency
Use of analgesic (n= frequency how often analgesic is used)
Time frame: 2000-2016
Analgesic, amount of analgesics
Use of analgesic (n= amount of analgesic used in mg or µg)
Time frame: 2000-2016
Side effects
Type of side effect (respiratory arrest after use, hypoxemia, desaturation (SpO2\<90%), dead)
Time frame: 2000-2016
Frequency of side effects
Frequency of side effects (frequency of side effect/n=total number of analgesic use; very common\>=1/10, common\>=1/100 and\<1/10, uncommon \>=1/1000 and \<1/100, rare \>=1/10000 and \<1/1000, very rare \<1/10000)
Time frame: 2000-2016
Severity of side effect
severity of side effect (0=none, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe, 4=potentially life threatening)
Time frame: 2000-2016
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