It was with great interest that we read the report by Dryden et al
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regarding their use of intravenous (IV) lidocaine to treat acute pain due to musculoskeletal
injury in an austere setting, as there is no precedent for out-of-hospital IV lidocaine
administration for acute pain that we can identify. Treatment of pain is often overlooked,
and can be critical to facilitating procedures or patient evacuations. Given the range
of available modalities, it can be as much art as science.
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Appropriate investigation of new applications of classic pain control medications,
such as the use of aqueous lidocaine in IV rather than infiltrative application, can
be of benefit to growing the knowledge of our field. However, we are concerned that
the treatment described here sets a dangerous standard worthy of reproach.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Published online: February 21, 2023
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