Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 25-29 , May 2010

Implementation of a guideline to improve prescription of analgesia for adult trauma patients in an Emergency Department

  • Julie Gawthorne, BN, MN (Critical Care)

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Victoria Street Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Susan Welch, BPharm

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department, Victoria Street Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
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  • Fiona Robertson, BPharm

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department, Victoria Street Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
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  • Karon McDonell, BA, MBBS, FACEM

      Affiliations

    • Trauma Service St Vincent's Hospital, Victoria Street Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
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  • Andrew Finckh, DipHSc(Nursing), GCertEmergNurs

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Victoria Street Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia

Received 18 June 2009 ,Revised 12 February 2010 ,Accepted 12 February 2010.

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  1. Rupp T, Delaney K. Inadequate analgesia in emergency medicine. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2004;43(4):494–503
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  4. http://www.ciap.health.nsw.gov.au/nswtag/publications/guidelines/GeneralPrinciples41202.pdf
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PII: S1574-6267(10)00002-9

doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2010.02.001

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 25-29 , May 2010

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