Successful management of excited delirium syndrome with prehospital ketamine: Two case examples

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 274-279

  Ho, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Smith, Stephen W ^a   Nystrom, Paul C ^a   Dawes, Donald M ^c,d   Orozco, Benjamin S ^a,e   Cole, Jon B ^a,e   Heegaard, William G ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Meeker County Sheriff's Office   (United States)

^c Lompoc Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^d Santa Barbara Police Department   (United States)

^e Hennepin Regional Poison Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Chemical restraint; Excited delirium; Ketamine; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DELIRIUM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; VIOLENCE; ARTICLE; RESTLESSNESS;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DELIRIUM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION;

EID: 84874630877     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2012.729129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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