Run Time: 4 minutes

Author: Dr. Michael Hunt

Educational Pearls:

• Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that can be used for sedation, anesthesia, or to calm down agitated patients.
• Can be given IV at 1-2 mg per kilo or IM at 4-5 mg per kilo every ten minutes and will last anywhere from five to thirty minutes depending on administration.
• Complications include laryngospasm (1%), increased IC pressure, increased ocular pressure, rash (15%), and acute psychosis.

Link to Podcast: http://medicalminute.madewithopinion.com/ketamine/

References:

• http://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(08)02084-2/abstract
• http://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(10)01827-5/abstract