(warning: this is an account based on real events but with no distinguishing features ,that occured over 20 years ago. It does describe an acute mental health presentation in which a person is physically restrained and sedated against her will. reader discretion is strongly advised if this maybe upsetting to you.)
Category Archives: safety
From Death we Do not Learn, 11 yrs on from Surviving Sedation guidelines
California becomes first state to ban use of ‘excited delirium’ as cause of death | California | The Guardian
State prohibits the pseudoscientific diagnosis authorities have frequently cited to justify killings at hands of law enforcement — Read on amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/10/california-police-brutality-excited-delirium-ban-cause-death-newsom
2023 update to Surviving Sedation guidelines : the risk of thrombosis
The Abusive Behavior of Ex-Mount Sinai Doctor David Newman
How Aja Newman’s 2016 trip to the Mount Sinai emergency room uncovered the abusive behavior of “rock star” physician David Newman, who ultimately pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual abuse against his patients. — Read on http://www.thecut.com/2019/10/mount-sinai-david-newman.html
Chemical restraint and deaths in custody
‘Le Cong said at some point in the last three decades the use of midazolam shifted from being primarily a pre-anaesthetic to a drug for dealing with agitated patients’ https://t.co/fkJDv0gASO — Natisha Sands (@NatishaSands) March 6, 2018
A prospective observational study of midazolam and droperidol for pre-hospital acute behavioural disturbance
Brilliant prehospital research from Queensland once again that will likely change practice in other states. Just like what we did with ketamine in aeromedical retrieval! A prospective observation study of midazolam and droperidol for pre-hospital acute behavioural disturbance
Goodbye MidazoBlam Goodbye
Lachlan Parker from @QldAmbulance presenting results of Droperidol vs. Midazolam in ABD mgmt, great data w/drop effective+++. @emupdates pic.twitter.com/edKe51CZOn — Sam Ainslie (@TheSamAinslie) November 25, 2017
Ketamine reduces the need for intubation in patients with acute severe mental illness and agitation requiring transport to definitive care: An observational study
Ketamine reduces the need for intubation in patients with acute severe mental illness and agitation requiring transport to definitive care: An observational study
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
From Sedation Death We learn
#DontBeAMannequin
#DontBeAMannequin is taking on assault and harassment of women in India. pic.twitter.com/Z16mCZE8OW — AJ+ (@ajplus) January 23, 2017
The Business of Failure
Sorry to have missed #smaccDUB. Have been working on this featuring @FLTDOC1 https://t.co/rLM48UCqzS Part 1 of 4 — Kevin Fong (@Kevin_Fong) July 12, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Ketamine sedation for psychostimulant intoxication
Take two of these and call me in the morning
Is it time for every medic to wear a ballistic vest?
Body armor for EMS: Is it time for every medic to wear a ballistic vest? https://t.co/bTReil9Uqj — EMS1 (@EMS1) February 15, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
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