Hi
As most of you probably know, I am working in rural Canada now. I have
twice come across the suggested use of haloperidol in the agitated head
injured patient (once it was suggested as being more appropriate than
analgesia in someone who also had a chest injury (?rib
fracture/contusion) in the pre-hospital setting.
I have to confess that this is new to me. The agitated head injured
patient is, in my view, one of the most difficult pre-hospital care
problems and I would be very interested to have new tools in my box for
this
I can see some advantages (anti-emetic) and disadvantages (possible
lowering of seizure threshold)
Is this commonly used in hospital in the UK (I don't think it is in the
pre-hospital phase)?
Thoughts?
Cheers
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Jel Coward
The UK Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician and Command Physician course is
9th-15th November 2003 at Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore, Scotland
http://www.wildmedic.org
http://www.wemsi.org
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