TY - JOUR T1 - Intravenous analgesia for out-of-hospital traumatic pain in adults: ketamine gives a greater reduction in pain than morphine but causes more adverse effects JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs DO - 10.1136/eb-2012-100946 SP - ebnurs-2012-100946 AU - William Paul McKay Y1 - 2012/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2012/10/24/eb-2012-100946.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Jennings PA, Cameron P, Bernard S, et al. Morphine and ketamine is superior to morphine alone for out-of-hospital trauma analgesia: a randomized controlled trial. Ann Emerg Med 2012; 59: 497– 503.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed Intravenous ketamine has been shown to be useful for acute pain in a variety of settings.1 The present study shows that it provides a greater reduction in pain than morphine but causes more adverse effects in out-of-hospital care. Conscious trauma patients often suffer severe pain. In general, once a head injury has been ruled out, it is safe to give analgesics as promptly as possible.2 Analgesics are often given in the initial out-of-hospital setting, but are often not as effective as they might be. Thus, it is important to … ER -