European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The effectiveness of patient control analgesia in the treatment of acute traumatic pain in the emergency department: a randomized controlled trial.
Pain seems to be one of the most frequent complaints in the emergency department, however pain control is often suboptimal as seen by many audits. We conducted a study to find out whether the use of patient control analgesia (PCA) is effective in controlling acute pain in the emergency department ⋯ PCA provides more effective pain relief and patient satisfaction when compared with the conventional method of bolus intravenous injection for the relief of traumatic pain in the emergency department setting.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Efficacy of a self-learning station for basic life support refresher training in a hospital: a randomized controlled trial.
Adult basic life support refresher training using voice feedback manikins has been shown to be feasible, but the superiority of this strategy over instructor-led (IL) refresher training for nurses in a hospital has not been studied in randomized trials. ⋯ This randomized trial in a real-life setting showed that more nurses achieved adequate compression depth, 7 months after IL refresher training compared with training in a SL station. Further research is needed to improve the efficacy of this SL training strategy.