All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July Green Whistle given green light in ambulance study of pregnancy emergencies 'Green Whistle' given green light in ambulance study of pregnancy emergencies 29/07/2022 | 2 MINS Research into the ΓÇÿgreen whistleΓÇÖ pain relief inhaler has found no obvious harm for pregnant women or their newborn babies in a study looking at ambulance cases over 17 years. Research Fellow Dr Erin Kelty, from Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs School of Population and Public Health, said the study looked at the safety of methoxyflurane ΓÇö commonly known as the ΓÇÿgreen whistleΓÇÖ ΓÇö in treating pain in pregnant women. Dr Kelty said the ΓÇÿwhistleΓÇÖ had been commonly used by ambulance services since 1990 because it works quickly and was easy to self-administer but its safety in pregnancy had not been well studied. ΓÇ£Research into drug safety often avoids pregnant women, resulting in them not having access to medication with demonstrated safety,ΓÇ¥ Dr Kelty said. ΓÇ£Our study found about one in 250 babies born in WA are exposed to the green whistle in utero and there a
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July Green Whistle given green light in ambulance study of pregnancy emergencies 'Green Whistle' given green light in ambulance study of pregnancy emergencies 29/07/2022 | 2 MINS Research into the ΓÇÿgreen whistleΓÇÖ pain relief inhaler has found no obvious harm for pregnant women or their newborn babies in a study looking at ambulance cases over 17 years.
Research Fellow Dr Erin Kelty, from Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs School of Population and Public Health, said the study looked at the safety of methoxyflurane ΓÇö commonly known as the ΓÇÿgreen whistleΓÇÖ ΓÇö in treating pain in pregnant women.
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Dr Kelty said the ΓÇÿwhistleΓÇÖ had been commonly used by ambulance services since 1990 because it works quickly and was easy to self-administer but its safety in pregnancy had not been well studied.
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ΓÇ£Research into drug safety often avoids pregnant women, resulting in them not having access to medication with demonstrated safety,ΓÇ¥ Dr Kelty said.
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ΓÇ£Our study found about one in 250 babies born in WA are exposed to the green whistle in utero and there a
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