My mistake, I remember the correspondance regarding the use of Ketamine as a
sedation agent for kids. I was thinking more of its use as an analgesic in 2
particular circumstances.
1. prehospital care
2. in patients who have been given Nubain.
Simon Carley
SpR in Emergency Medicine
Hope Hospital
Salford
England
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From: Gautam Ray <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 23 February 1999 23:16
Subject: Re: ketamine protocol
>In message <000b01be5f1b$b5405340$0d3b63c3@default>, Simon Carley
><[log in to unmask]> writes
>>Does anyone have a ready made written protocol for the use of ketamine in
the
>>emergency department or in prehospital care?
>
>I asked about K recently, in the context of child sedation, and got some
>useful replies.
>Apart from the possible airway risk (doesn't seem to be a problem if
>proper dosing used), the thing that discourages us from trying it is the
>potential for delayed side-effects, like nightmares etc., over the next
>few nights after they've left the department. I couldn't find any
>evidence relating to this. Are there any lurkers from Lancaster or
>elsewhere with experience with Ketamine, who could tell me whether this
>is a real or merely a theoretical problem?
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>Dr. Gautam Ray (e-mail: [log in to unmask])
>Sussex, U.K.
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