Use of ACUPUNCTURE in Emergency Departement

"-Group Acupuncture: Receiving protocol of acupuncture. Acupuncture is performed by a trained certificied resident.~The protocols, which allow acupuncture points to be selected from a pool of pre-determined points for each condition, provide sufficient standardization to assist replication, yet are flexible enough to allow individualized treatments. These protocols also allow for additional points, such as 'ashi points', to be used at the discretion of the acupuncturist. The location of the points, angle of insertion and depth of insertion were sourced from a popular text 'A Manual of Acupuncture'.~-Group Morphine: Receiving 5mg of morphine followed by intravenous administration of 2,5 mg morphine each 5 min, until VAPS becomes \<30%. Treatment failure is defined as VAPS\>30 %, 30min after beginning of the protocol. In this case, analgesic treatment was administered according to the treating physician discretion."