Sublingual Versus Endovenous Fentanyl for the Prehospital Analgesia in Patients With Limb Trauma on the Slope

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the non-inferiority of the efficacy for prehospital analgesia of sublingual administered fentanyl versus endovenous administered fentanyl for patients with limb trauma on the slope

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Azienda Sanitaria dell'Alto Adige
• Collaborator: Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine
• Treatments: Fentanyl

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Trauma on the limbs with a pain score of 4 or more on the slope

• ASA I - II

Exclusion Criteria:

• children (< 18 years)

• cognitive impairment: brain injury, intoxication, analgesia

• weight under 50 kg and more than 100 kg

• other injuries like chest trauma with respiratory insufficiency, suspect liver or spleen injury, amputation;

• chronic analgesic use or misuse

• allergy

• fear of needles

• pregnancy

• speech difficulties