Paramedicine and the emergency medical services have been moving in the direction of advancing pharmaceutical intervention for the management of pain in both acute and chronic situations. This coincides with other areas of advanced life support and patient management strategies that have been well researched and continue to benefit from the increasing evidence. Even though paramedic practice is firmly focused on pharmacological interventions to alleviate pain, there is emerging evidence proposing a range of nonpharmacological options that can have an important role in pain management. This review highlights literature that suggests that paramedicine and emergency medical services should be considering the application of complementary and alternative therapies which can enhance current practice and reduce the use of pharmacological interventions.
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science
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2%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
3
2%
Other
15
8%
Unknown
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35%
Attention Score in Context
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 September 2023.
All research outputs
#6,384,263
of 34,410,798 outputs
Outputs from Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM)
#1,593
of 9,645 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#62,163
of 307,623 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM)
#47
of 209 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 9,645 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.5. This one has done well, scoring higher than 83% of its peers.
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