Rapid Analgesia for Prehospital hip Disruption (RAPID): findings from a randomised feasibility study

In managing hip fracture, effective pain relief before admission to hospital is difficult without risking side effects. Although emergency departments routinely use fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB), there has been little evaluation of its use by paramedics before hospital admission. We aimed to assess whether a multi-centre randomised trial to evaluate FICB was feasible.Volunteer paramedics used scratchcards to allocate patients with hip...