Wilderness Medical Society practice guidelines for the treatment of acute pain in remote environments: 2014 update

Wilderness Environ Med. 2014 Dec;25(4 Suppl):S96-104. doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2014.07.016.

Abstract

The Wilderness Medical Society convened an expert panel to develop evidence-based guidelines for the management of pain in austere environments. Recommendations are graded on the basis of the quality of supporting evidence as defined by criteria put forth by the American College of Chest Physicians. This is an updated version of the original WMS Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Pain in Remote Environments published in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2014;25(1):41-49.

Keywords: analgesia; austere; local anesthesia; oligoanalgesia; pain control; remote; sedation; wilderness medicine.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Acute Pain / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Pain Management / instrumentation
  • Pain Management / methods*
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
  • Societies, Medical
  • Wilderness Medicine* / methods
  • Wilderness Medicine* / standards