鈥淲e鈥檝e got to be on top of our game when it comes to clinical dosing of medications, from oxygen to ketamine.鈥�
This week, Inside EMS cohosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson dive into an article by Joshua Davies on the use of chemical restraints in the field. They discuss the pros and cons of different medications, including a lively discussion on the use of versed and why ketamine is a good drug 鈥� when dosed and used properly.
Top quotes
- 鈥淵ou should have a fairly extensive formulary of antipsychotic and sedative agents available to you.鈥�
- 鈥淲e need to stop worrying about what we鈥檙e seeing in the news and train our providers.鈥�
- 鈥淲e really have to be able to give our medical director confidence that whatever is in the protocol and whatever they want to give us in the protocol, we have the competency to do that work and do that skill.鈥�
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