A recent study published in the Journal of Pain examined “whether older adults are less likely to receive analgesics during pre-hospital care.” The authors “analyzed all ambulance transports in 2011 in the state of North Carolina and compared the administration of any analgesic or an opioid among older adults (aged 65 and older) versus adults aged 18 to 64.” The authors found that “older adults were generally less likely to receive pain treatment. However, older women with severe pain were more likely to receive treatment than younger women with severe pain.”
