The nurse would assure a family member that for the first 24 hours after a burn injury, pain is kept to a minimum by administering
a. intravenous narcotic agents.
b. liquid narcotics via a nasogastric tube.
c. narcotics via an intramuscular route into nonburned tissue.
d. tepid soaks and oral morphine.
A
Pain management is achieved through administration of IV narcotic agents, typically morphine sulfate. The intramuscular or subcutaneous routes are not used because absorption from the soft tissues is unreliable during the emergent period, when peripheral perfusion is sporadic.
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