Ketamine Education

Please Read and Review ALL of the materials provided on this page

Protocol Updates:

• UP 6 – Behavioral Protocol
• UP 11 – Pain Control Adult Protocol

OEMS Form (EMS)

OEMS Form (Hosp) 

Sample – Program Participation Letter

ECU Medical Director’s Education Blackboard site for CME.

Journal Review Articles

• At urging of Minneapolis police, Hennepin EMS workers subdued dozens with a powerful sedative
• Reviews: No patients Harmed in Minn. hospital ketamine research
• Cole JB et al~Am J Emerg Med. 2018 May;36(5):789-796..A prospective study of ketamine as primary therapy for prehospital profound agitation.
• Linder LM~Pharmacotherapy. 2018 Jan;38(1):139-151.~Ketamine for the Acute Management of Excited Delirium and Agitation in the Prehospital Setting.
• Scaggs TR~Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016 Oct;31(5):563-9.~Prehospital Ketamine is a Safe and Effective Treatment for Excited Delirium in a Community Hospital Based EMS System.