Paramedic Management of Non-Traumatic Back Pain in a Large Australian Ambulance Service: A Retrospective Study
Paramedic management of non-traumatic back pain in NSW typically results in the administration of an opioid and transport to an emergency department.
Authors
- Christopher G. Maher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1628-7857)
- Jason Bendall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8688-2192)
- Christina Abdel Shaheed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1258-5125)
- Michael Swain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2184-8409)
- Gustavo C Machado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8544-0448)
- Simon P Vella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1267-3782)
- Chathurani Sigera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5263-2219)
- Paul Simpson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3875-0061)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- NSW Ambulance (AU)
- Institute for Musculoskeletal Health (AU)
- Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- Western Sydney University (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x25000251
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council