Initial pain score/assessment when performed (n=2235), and analgesia administration according to pain score
| Initial ED pain score/assessment | Total patients (% of those with a documented pain assessment, n=2235) | Prehospital analgesia only (%) | ED analgesia only (%) | Prehospital and ED analgesia (%) | No analgesia or unknown (%) | Any analgesia in ED (%) |
| 0 or ‘no pain’ | 916 (41.0) | 121 (13.2) | 132 (14.4) | 27 (2.9) | 636 (69.4) | 159 (17.4) |
| 1–3 or ‘mild pain’ | 688 (30.8) | 97 (14.1) | 297 (43.2) | 66 (9.6) | 228 (33.1) | 363 (52.8) |
| 4–6 or ‘moderate pain’ | 456 (20.4) | 49 (10.7) | 255 (55.9) | 76 (16.7) | 76 (16.7) | 331 (72.6) |
| 7–10 or ‘severe pain’ | 160 (7.2) | 13 (8.1) | 103 (64.4) | 35 (21.9) | 9 (5.6) | 138 (86.3) |
| Pain reported but not scored | 4 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) |
| Performed but not recorded | 11 (0.5) | 2 (18.2) | 4 (36.4) | 1 (18.2) | 4 (36.4) | 5 (45.5) |
| All patients with a baseline pain score/assessment | 2235 (100.0) | 282 (12.6) | 791 (35.4) | 206 (9.2) | 956 (42.8) | 997 (44.6) |
ED, emergency department.