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Fire Commission approves $218,447 grant for prehospital pain‑medication study
Summary
The San Francisco Fire Commission voted to authorize the San Francisco Fire Department to accept and expend a $218,447 grant to join a Department of Defense–linked study comparing fentanyl and ketamine for severe traumatic pain; the grant is retroactive and will operate on a reimbursement basis.
The San Francisco Fire Commission on Feb. 26 approved a retroactive grant enabling the San Francisco Fire Department to participate in a multistage medical study comparing fentanyl and ketamine for prehospital trauma pain.
Director of Finance Mark Corso told the commission the department had been awarded $218,447 “to participate in a study comparing pain medications and trauma,” with funding routed through the Department of Defense, the University of Pittsburgh and the Regents of the University of California, San Francisco before reaching the department. Corso said the city would be reimbursed for training and study enrollment costs; no funds have yet been received.
The study — described at the meeting by Deputy Chief Peng as the PAIN Study, a…
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