Nitrous oxide in emergency medicine

O'Sullivan, �omhar; Benger, Jonathan

Abstract

Safe and predictable analgesia is required for the potentially painful or uncomfortable procedures often undertaken in an emergency department. The characteristics of an ideal analgesic agent are safety, predictability, non-invasive delivery, freedom from side effects, simplicity of use, and a rapid onset and offset. Newer approaches have threatened the widespread use of nitrous oxide, but despite its long history this simple gas still has much to offer.

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2003
• Deposit Date: Jan 21, 2010
• Journal: Emergency Medicine Journal
• Print ISSN: 1472-0205
• Electronic ISSN: 1472-0213
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 214-217
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.20.3.214
• Keywords: nitrous oxide, emergency medicine
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1068116
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.20.3.214
• Contract Date: Nov 16, 2016