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Pediatric Pain

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Children have long suffered from an under-treatment of their pain, due both to our incomplete acknowledgement of their pain and our fear of treatment ( Howard 2003 ). Long-bone injuries Fracture pain should be addressed immediately with splinting and analgesia. Transition quickly to a longer-acting opioid as soon as possible.