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Note to Brown on American Analgesia
I wonder if it is a historic relic. Many times battlefield casualties (the roots of our EMS lore and science) seen first by medics had enough morphine on board to bother the anesthesiologists of the day at the MASH or whatever. Furthermore, some casualties undoubtably arrived obtunded and without adequate documentation to assist triage . This may have led to our reliance on biting on a piece of rawhide or whatever.
Even then, it is arguable that analgesia either helped combat shock, or at least comforted someone in extremis.
I wonder if it is a historic relic. Many times battlefield casualties (the roots of our EMS lore and science) seen first by medics had enough morphine on board to bother the anesthesiologists of the day at the MASH or whatever. Furthermore, some casualties undoubtably arrived obtunded and without adequate documentation to assist triage . This may have led to our reliance on biting on a piece of rawhide or whatever.
Even then, it is arguable that analgesia either helped combat shock, or at least comforted someone in extremis.