Racial and Ethnic Differences in ED Analgesia Among Injured Children Transported Via EMS
Among injured children across the country transported by EMS to pediatric EDs, there were race and ethnicity differences with respect to time to any ED analgesia; however, no delay for ED opioids. Further research is needed to understand and mitigate potential root causes of these disparities.
Authors
- Matthew Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5061-4575)
- Todd P. Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4508-2551)
- Daniel K. Nishijima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4952-8212)
- Christyn F. Magill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5348-2862)
- Kathleen Adelgais (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4405-0769)
- Manish I. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0886-8747)
- Hamilton P. Schwartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0839-5192)
- Julie C. Leonard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3670-1944)
- Ruta Brazauskas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9239-5884)
- Geoffrey S. Lowe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2955-8572)
- E. Brooke Lerner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0043-3757)
- Lorin R. Browne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8160-3035)
- Corrie E. Chumpitazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5323-2743)
- Kunal Chadha
- Sarahjean Kerolle
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (US)
- Hofstra University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- Carolinas Medical Center (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Emergency Care
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pec.0000000000003389
- Primary Topic
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute