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FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Use of Ketamine in Prehospital, Agitated Patients Focus of Review

The major recommendations from an extensive report released last December by the Ketamine Investigatory Review Panel (KIRP) of the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) (https://bit.ly/356jxKB) included the following:

  • Law enforcement should have no role in the decision to administer the anesthetic ketamine.
  • Excited delirium (ExDS) is not an indication to administer ketamine.
  • Ketamine should be administered by emergency medical services (EMS) in prehospital settings so that