Prehospital analgesia using nasal administration of S-ketamine – a case series
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Prehospital analgesia using nasal administration of S-ketamine – a case series
Pain is a problem that often has to be addressed in the prehospital setting. The delivery of analgesia may sometimes prove challenging due to problems establishing intravenous access or a harsh winter environment. To solve the problem of intravenous access, intranasal administration of drugs is used in some settings. In cases where vascular access was foreseen or proved hard to establish (one o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1757-7241
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-21-38