Is Ketofol the milk of human kindness for procedural sedation. St.Emlyn’s

St.Emlyn’s – Meducation in Virchester #FOAMed Another fine day in Virchester and another marvellous weekly Journal Club discussing Ketofol. I was unable to attend our traditional meeting (which ended a few minutes ago) as I was visiting my parents but I guess the beauty of #FOAMed is that you actually do not have to physically…Continue reading “Is Ketofol the milk of human kindness for procedural sedation. St.Emlyn’s”

Paediatric Pain and Sedation – Tips to Change Your Practice from #EuSEM15

Blog post version of Natalie May’s talk from #EuSEM15 on paediatric pain and sedation in the emergency department with tips to change your practice. Source: Paediatric Pain and Sedation – Tips to Change Your Practice from #EuSEM15

A prospective observational study of ketamine for sedation of acutely agitated emergency department patients

#SAEM15 poster of ketamine for sedation of agitated ED patients. faster with similar side effects. @ketaminh @emcrit pic.twitter.com/30ySp4Wewt — jeff riddell (@Jeff__Riddell) May 20, 2015

The Safety and Effectiveness of Droperidol for Sedation of Acute Behavioral Disturbance in the Emergency Department

Sedating the agitated pt,1400 cases,6EDs in Oz,IM droperidol efficacious and safe, The DORM II study is here http://t.co/T4NOsbnRgM #FOAMed — Michael Downes (@ToxTalks) April 15, 2015

Art of the chemical takedown

August EMRAP episode includes a segment called Art of the chemical takedown : the knockout punch. Its created by none other than Dr Rob Orman. He got a bunch of docs from around the world to briefly describe our take on what to do with the acutely combative agitated patient where we work. Chris Nickson,Continue reading “Art of the chemical takedown”