Prehospital Analgesia - retrospective analysis

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Prehospital Analgesia - retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data

• IRAS ID

  243736

• Contact name

  Tim Nutbeam

• Contact email

  timnutbeam@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  SWASfT

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 5 months, 3 days

• Research summary

  Pain is the most common emergency complaint occurring in 66% of emergency patients. In one survey, more than half of these individuals felt more could be done to treat their pain. The purpose of this study is to retrospectively analyse prospectively collected prehospital (ambulance service) data to understand more about patients pain scores, their physiology, prescribing trends and the effects of this prescribing on a patients journey. These data will be used to inform an RCT of novel prehospital analgesics (pain killers).

• REC name

  West Midlands - Edgbaston Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  18/WM/0113

• Date of REC Opinion

  25 May 2018

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion