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- P P Bredmose,
- D J Lockey,
- G Grier,
- B Watts,
- G Davies
- London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, Department of Pre-hospital Care, The Royal London Hospital, London E1 1BB, UK
- Dr D J Lockey, London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, Department of Pre-hospital Care, The Royal London Hospital, London E1 1BB, UK;david.lockey{at}nbt.nhs.uk
Abstract
The safe delivery of adequate analgesia and appropriate sedation is a priority in prehospital care. The use of ketamine is described for analgesia and sedation in 1030 trauma patients in a physician-led prehospital trauma service. Ketamine was mainly used in awake non-trapped patients with blunt trauma for procedural sedation and analgesia. Detailed database searches did not demonstrate loss of airway, oxygen desaturation or clinically significant emergence reactions after ketamine administration. Ketamine is relatively safe when used by physicians in prehospital trauma care.
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Competing interests: None.
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- Primary surveyEmergency Medicine Journal2008;261-1 Published Online First: 22 Dec 2008.