Polish Experiences of Pain Treatment by Paramedics in relation to Good Practices of Pain Treatment: A Register-Based Study

Table 1

The pain intensity, its etiology, location, and drugs recommended for the treatment.

Pain intensity	Nontraumatic pain			Traumatic pain
(NRS)	Headache	Chest pain	Abdominal pain	Trauma, burns
Mild pain, 1–4 points	Ibuprofen and/or paracetamol	Metamizole	Metamizole and/or drotaverine	Fentanyl or morphine + nonpharmacological treatment
	Paracetamol
Moderate pain, 5–7 points	Ibuprofen and/or metamizole and/or ketoprofen	Morphine and/or metamizole	Metamizole + drotaverine
	Fentanyl
Severe/extreme, pain 8–10 points	Fentanyl	Morphine and/or metamizole	Morphine or fentanyl

The table does not contain doses. Modified on the basis of good practices of pain treatment by emergency medical services.