Wilderness Medical Society practice guidelines for the treatment of acute pain in remote environments.
The Wilderness Medical Society convened an expert panel to develop evidence-based guidelines for the management of pain in austere environments. Recommendations are graded based on the quality of supporting evidence as defined by criteria put forth by the American College of Chest Physicians.
Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (Drs Russell and Scaife).
Katie W
KW
Russell
Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (Drs Russell and Scaife).
Courtney L
CL
Scaife
Denali National Park & Preserve Rescue, Talkeetna, AK (Mr Weber).
David C
DC
Weber
Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Calow, Derbyshire, United Kingdom (Dr Windsor).
Jeremy S
JS
Windsor
St. John's Medical Center, Jackson, WY (Drs Wheeler and Smith).
Albert R
AR
Wheeler
St. John's Medical Center, Jackson, WY (Drs Wheeler and Smith); Clinical Faculty, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA (Dr Smith).
William
W
Smith
University of Washington School of Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Ft. Lewis, WA (Dr Wedmore).
Ian
I
Wedmore
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (Dr McIntosh).
Scott E
SE
McIntosh
Department of Anesthesia, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA (Dr Lieberman). Electronic address: jrlieber@gmail.com.
James R
JR
Lieberman
D059787:Acute Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D006801:Humans; D007649:Ketamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009294:Narcotics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards; D055813:Wilderness Medicine / Q000592:standards*
D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009294:Narcotics; D007649:Ketamine
analgesia; austere; local anesthesia; oligoanesthesia; pain control; remote; sedation; wilderness medicine