Ketamine for Agitated or Psychiatric Patients: Is It Safe?

Update: 2019-08-13

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Ketamine is a popular medication these days for EMS providers to use in psychiatric emergencies. In this episode, Samuel Kordik delves into the use of ketamine to sedate psychiatric patients. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville.

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