tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505990433916682663.post4549340834201536578..comments2024-03-13T02:04:31.476-04:00Comments on Paramedicine 101: Intravenous morphine at 0.1 mg/kg is not effective for controlling severe acute pain in the majority of patientsAdam Thompson, EMT-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107359165856983910noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505990433916682663.post-90597360991433339082010-05-08T00:27:16.921-04:002010-05-08T00:27:16.921-04:00Firefighter/Paramedic,
Great post.
...Firefighter/Paramedic,<br /><br /><i>Great post.</i><br /> <br /> <br />Thank you.<br /> <br /> <br /><i>Having recently gone through gall stones and a cholecystectomy I have an even greater appreciation for pain management. In the hospital I was on 2mg of Dilaudid every 3 hours and it only brought my pain level down to a 4. Tolerable at least. Initially the ER doc prescribed 4mg of MS but the wonderful RN (where ever you are, thank you) convinced him to give me something stronger.</i><br /> <br /> <br />That is one way that some people change their approach to treating pain. Once you have experienced severe pain, it becomes difficult to ignore the pain of others.<br /><br />This is not true of everyone, but if you find out that a <i>stingy</i> ED doctor has had a very painful condition, you should ask if the doctor has changed his approach to pain management.<br /><br />Part of that is the realization that their respirations were not dangerously depressed, even though their pain was treated with much higher opioid doses than they were ever comfortable giving.Rogue Medichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598646309630074992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505990433916682663.post-89700843332247193282010-05-07T23:16:49.984-04:002010-05-07T23:16:49.984-04:00Great post. Having recently gone through gall ston...Great post. Having recently gone through gall stones and a cholecystectomy I have an even greater appreciation for pain management. In the hospital I was on 2mg of Dilaudid every 3 hours and it only brought my pain level down to a 4. Tolerable at least. Initially the ER doc prescribed 4mg of MS but the wonderful RN (where ever you are, thank you) convinced him to give me something stronger.Firefighter/Paramedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036844976936171167noreply@blogger.com