Analgesia in the Emergency Patient

a) Hypotension

b) Hypothermia

c) Bradycardia

d) Respiratory depression

e) Hypertension

a) Buprenorphine binds to the mu receptor with 30 times the affinity of morphine

b) Buprenorphine is regarded as a partial mu agonist

c) Buprenorphine produces mild respiratory depression

d) Buprenorphine has a rapid onset of action, making it ideal for acute analgesia provision

e) Buprenorphine efficacy plateaus as the dose given increases

a) Ketamine is an NMDA receptor antagonist

b) Ketamine continuous infusions are absolutely contraindicated in CNS disease

c) Ketamine possessed mild anti-inflammatory effects

d) Ketamine boluses can produce mild sympathetic-mediated tachycardia and hypertension

a) Morphine

b) Butorphanol

c) Methadone

d) Buprenorphine

a) Dexmedetomidine infusion + lidocaine infusion

b) Methadone intravenous bolus

c) Morphine intravenous bolus plus CRI

d) Lidocaine intercostal nerve block and butorphanol or fentanyl bolus

e) Ketamine bolus plus CRI and lidocaine intercostal nerve block