Seriously, just Kalm Down
Following on from my previous post on managing the agitated patient…
Posts from the ‘agitation’ Category
Mar 29
Mar 17
Victorian prehospital chemical restraint 2017 update
It’s time for another post on everyone’s favourite drug: ketamine! Hooray! Ok, so this is not entirely about ketamine, but ketamine does come into it. AV paramedics have recently received training to administer IM ketamine to agitated patients as part of a greater focus on paramedic safety when managing these situations(MICA paramedics have had ketamine for […]
via Just Kalm Down! — AmboFOAM
Editors note : I find it surprising given the Australian research published on acute behavioural disturbance and updated guidelines in Queensland and NSW recently, that droperidol is not included in these latest Victorian Ambulance protocols. Why it has not replaced midazolam given its superior safety profile in the research, is baffling. And when its written that mild – moderate agitation can be managed with “a little midazolam”, I would suggest an oral agent is likely just as effective in this situation than a needle.
Chemical restraint should not be lethal injection
Chemical restraint or lethal injection? @ketaminh writes in #MJAInSight … https://t.co/zOsIMou2Dn #deathsincustody #Indigenous pic.twitter.com/p5mSRtug68
— MJA (@theMJA) March 5, 2017
PHARM Podcast 164 VerSed gives you Cred in Victoria
A little bit of this and a little bit of that..
Feb 26
PHARM Podcast 163 Better Dead than VerSed Or How We ditched Midazoslam in Queensland for chemical restraint
Pronounced VER – SED (propietary name of Midazolam)
Dec 17
Surviving Sedation – a cautionary ketamine tale
Interesting Ketamine death … Thoughts @ketaminh ??
https://t.co/dK7LH1MWiZ— Rob L (@UKROBL) December 16, 2016
Nov 19
Surviving Sedation Guidelines 2016 update
Paid for by the federation of agitated patients. pic.twitter.com/fM19Ps5R9r
— reuben strayer (@emupdates) October 12, 2016
PHARM Podcast 152 Nursing the Acutely agitated patient with Kirra Parks
More accurately “Oi you, can’t you just get my patient in now? I have things to do!” #theyreoutthere pic.twitter.com/BbOdoVl6Mc
— Kirra (@EDEnchanted) August 3, 2016
Disruption, Danger, and Droperidol: Emergency Management of the Agitated Patient — Intensive Care Network
The role of physical and chemical restraints, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines, and ketamine, and the diagnostic and therapeutic priorities for the acute care provider. The post Disruption, Danger, and Droperidol: Emergency Management of the Agitated Patient appeared first on Intensive Care Network.
Things That Come Afterwards — Songs or Stories
The bit at the start is controlled. Mostly. The bit at the end is more at the mercy of other things. Dr Andrew Weatherall has a practical review on emergence delirium. In showbusiness there is apparently a saying that you should never work with animals or children. I guess the theory is that both kids and […]
Remember 2 Things: How to monitor violent, restrained patients
Remember 2 Things: How to monitor violent, restrained patients https://t.co/2ZKw0LAS6b
— Minh Le Cong (@ketaminh) July 6, 2016
Study: Ketamine found more effective for treating highly-agitated patients during transport
Study: Ketamine found more effective for treating highly-agitated patients during transport https://t.co/enxpPXP4yD pic.twitter.com/bKU0qBeYjU
— EMS1 (@EMS1) May 24, 2016
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