emergency medicine

NIHR Portfolio studies - open to recruitment

PACKMaN: Paramedic Analgesia Comparing Ketamine and Morphine in Trauma
Local Collaborator: Thomas Locker
Sponsor: University of Warwick
This study investigates whether Ketamine is more effective than Morphine at reducing pain in adults with severe pain due to traumatic injury.
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ACS:ED - Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Emergency Department
Principal Investigator: Dr Chamika Mapatuna
Sponsor: North Bristol NHS Trust
This study aims to understand how chest pain of a suspected cardiac origin is investigated in the Emergency Department. Also, the prevalence of patients experiencing a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction) and the distribution of alternative diagnoses found in this group of patients presenting to the emergency department. 

Image credit: Ambulance on route to an emergency call out, UK. Adrian Wressell, Heart of England NHS FT. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)