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. 1970 Apr 4;2(5700):41-3.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5700.41.

Use of Entonox in the ambulance service

P J Baskett

Use of Entonox in the ambulance service

P J Baskett. Br Med J. .

Abstract

An analgesic mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen (Entonox) has been used in nine ambulances in Gloucestershire for self-administration by patients in severe pain. Over a period of three and a half months 66 patients have been treated. In all cases the pain was wholly or partially relieved, and in no instance was the patient's condition worsened. No undesirable side-effects attributable to Entonox were produced. It is recommended that other ambulance authorities should consider the use of Entonox in this context.

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