Pain control during needle skin penetration and RIG infiltration Pain control, RIG infiltration, lidocaine spray
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants in the study are aged between 18 and 65 years and visit the emergency department at Vajira Hospital with wounds caused by bites or scratches from mammals, qualifying them for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis with immunoglobulin. 2. Participants must be able to communicate in Thai, including reading and writing, and must not have severe communication impairments that prevent them from understanding and providing informed consent through standard procedures, such as severe hearing loss without a hearing aid. 3. Participants must have one of the following healthcare entitlements: 3.1 Social Security benefits at Vajira Hospital 3.2 Universal Health Coverage registered at Vajira Hospital, or participants must have emergency treatment rights 3.3 Government official healthcare benefits with the intention to receive treatment at Vajira Hospital
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Participants with a history of allergy to lidocaine, amide-type local anesthetics, alcohol, or preservatives in medications. 2. Body weight less than 30 kilograms. 3. Participants with the following types of wounds: 3.1 Mucosal wounds. 3.2 Wounds requiring sutures, delayed closure, or drain placement. 3.3 Wounds caused by bites or scratches within the past 12 hours (to prevent treatment of potentially infected wounds). 3.4 Wounds larger than 4 centimeters. 3.5 Wounds located on the face, neck, ears, fingers, toes, or genital area. 4. Participants with cardiovascular conditions, such as coronary artery disease, any type of arrhythmia, or those taking anti-arrhythmic drugs in classes 1b and 3, including sodium channel blockers. 5. Participants with a history of seizures (except febrile seizures before age 5). 6. Participants with chronic kidney disease, excluded if diagnosed with stage 4 kidney failure (GFR < 30 mL/min/) or based on unclear renal function results from the past three months. 7. Participants with liver failure (cirrhosis classified as Child-Pugh B or C). 8. Participants with chronic alcohol abuse or dependence, as defined by the SMAST protocol. 9. Participants requiring urgent medical procedures, such as resuscitation. 10. Participants who have taken pain medication within 24 hours before arriving at the emergency department. 11. Participants requiring systemic pain relief (oral, injectable, nasal spray, or transdermal) due to severe pain, rated 7/10 or higher. 12. Participants with wounds caused by factors other than mammalian injuries, such as motorcycle accidents caused by a dog chase. 13. Participants who are unable to provide a pain score.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain reduction during needle skin penetration and RIG infiltration up to 30 min after RIG infiltration Visual Analog Scale | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence of adverse events e.g. MP rash, itching, urticaria, severe hypersensitivity reaction, LAST up to 30 min after RIG infiltration Yes/No,Patient satisfaction with the use of spray medication, comparing both the actual drug and the placebo. 30 minutes after finished intervention score 1 - 10 | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital