Differences in pain treatment between surgeons and anaesthesiologists in a physician staffed prehospital emergency medical service: A retrospective cohort analysis

Although pain treatment is an important objective in prehospital emergency medicine the incidence of oligoanalgesia is still high in prehospital patients. Given that prehospital emergency medicine in Germany is open for physicians of any speciality, the prehospital pain treatment may differ depending on the primary medical education.