You are called to a baseball field to assess a 33-year-old male whose foot was caught in a hole causing him to fall while he was running to catch a fly ball. He complains of pain in his right lower leg and indicates that he immediately felt pain and heard a crack when he fell. The patient is rating his pain at a 9 on a 1 to 10 scale. He has no other injuries or medical contraindications to pain medication. When and how much pain medication should you provide the patient?
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