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Fri, 22 Feb 2002 14:08:39 -0500

Us too.  Morphine.  Lots and lots of Morphine.  Given by the tens if
necessary.

Pret Bjorn, RN
Bangor, ME  USA

-----Original Message-----
From: Avi Roy Shapira [mailto:avir@bgumail.bgu.ac.il]
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 2:00 PM
To: trauma-list@trauma.org
Subject: Re: Burn patients.

Give iv morphine. My practice is to dilute 10 mg in 9 ml of saline, in a
10 ml syringe, give 3-5 iv push, and then add mg by mg until pain free. 

Repeat as needed. 

Avi 

On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Alejandro Cabrera , M.D. wrote:

> Hy:
> We've been flying a few patients with 90%(+) BSP burns of second and third
> degree, and, some bettween 50 and 90% and I was wondering which are your
> protocols for pain management obviously they were intubate because airway
> burned , the place where we flew from has no ABG's  (little town) , but
one
> of them with more than 90% with renal failure, and, coagulopathy.
> I know it's not life compatible but we must do the best we can, what do
you
> suggest?
> Alejandro Cabrera, M.D.
> 
> 
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Aviel Roy-Shapira, M.D.              Soroka University Hospital &
Dept. of Surgery A. and              Ben-Gurion University Medical School 
the Critical Care Unit               POB 151, Beer Sheva, Israel

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