Intranasal ketamine analgesia for non-physician prehospital clinicians.

Autor: Pawley, Steve, Worthington, Judith
Zdroj: Journal of Paramedic Practice; Dec2024, Vol. 16 Issue 12, p511-516, 6p
Abstrakt: Prehospital analgesia is often under-administered within the UK for various reasons – especially within the paediatric population. Several analgesic options are available in the ambulance service with ketamine being a versatile medication often used by prehospital clinicians who have undergone additional training and governance with the use of a patient group direction. The options for non-invasive analgesia are limited within the ambulance service, even more so for the paediatric population or for non-compliant patients. Intranasal administration is becoming more popular as a route of medication administration for both in-hospital and prehospital clinicians. Intranasal analgesia has been well-researched within the in-hospital environment and has shown that IN ketamine is a viable and effective option for providing safe rapid analgesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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