Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured ...

i. Two to three hours after eating a fatty meal, severe upper right quadrant abdominal pain develops. 3. Management. a. Prehospital management should focus on making the patient comfortable. i. Pain medications include meperidine and morphine. (a) Morphine may cause gallbladder spasms, and thus add to the pain. ii. Medication for nausea is ... ................
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