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Pain is defined by The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience related to or described in actual or potential tissue damage". In emergency rooms, 60% of patients experience acute pain and in 85% of cases, pain is the main reason for consultation. The fight against pain is a public health priority. The establishment of national guidelines and recommendations testifies to the institutional will and of health professionals to optimize their management. The organizational and structural impact as well as human resources are major determinants in the success of any pain management strategy, especially in emergencies, both symptomatic and etiological. As a result, we carried out work within the emergency admissions department of the tertiary hospital to take stock of analgesia practices as well as the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the patients concerned. This is a prospective single-center, analytical cross-sectional study carried out over 3 months in an emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Casablanca.