lightsandsirens5
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This happens everywhere, not just the US.
Some cultures do not accept narcotic use.
Some cultures do not readily express pain.
I just explain to them it is likely a 1 or 2 time thing or for their surgery.
There are all kinds of ways to control pain, not everything requires high dose narcs or even narcs at all. But for some reason EMS desn't usually use anything other than opioids. A handful of services have toradol, but you are still dealing with an IV med. PO naproxin solves a lot of problems. It doesn't even have a fast enough onset to keep people from going to the ER.
I would love to be able to give Naproxin. I am able to give Totadol as well, which I give like it's going out of style.
But Vene, in a culture like ours, that seems to readily express pain, why do you think there is such an aversion to pain control?