NON RANDOMISED CONTROL STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A NOVEL PAIN ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR USE BY PARAMEDICS

Background

Eighty percent of patients presenting to ambulance services present with pain. Pain is sometimes inadequately assessed and treated. Effective pain management can improve patient outcomes and experience. Previous qualitative research suggested that numerical verbal pain scores, usually used to assess pain in the ambulance setting, were poorly understood. We developed a new tool, the ‘Patient Reported Outcome Measure for Pain Treatment’ (PROMPT), to address…
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