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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

Return of the King Droperidol!

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Thai cave rescue sedation story !

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“If you can talk you can breathe” a hard lesson on surviving sedation

WARNING : CONTENT INCLUDES GRAPHIC VIDEO OF RESTRAINT IN A PRISON CELL

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

Sedating kids in strange spots

This post is based on a talk prepared by Dr Andrew Weatherall for the South African Society of Anesthesiologists Congress for 2017 held in Johannesburg. As invited faculty I think when they first offered this the plan was to do sedation in the dental chair. Which I’ve never done. And this is for a refresher […]Continue reading “Sedating kids in strange spots”

Ketamine reduces the need for intubation in patients with acute severe mental illness and agitation requiring transport to definitive care: An observational study

Not Surviving Sedation :Guess what they chose?

When a Common Sedative Becomes an Execution Drug https://t.co/y4aqzQ7eP7 — Anesthesiology News (@anesthesianews) March 13, 2017

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 ketamineContinue reading “Victorian prehospital chemical restraint 2017 update”

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