07/03/2020
My life largely revolves around my work. I go to work; I work; I think about work; I talk to others about my work. One of my roommates is a fellow ICU nurse and the other is an EMT. My best friends are nurses. I talk often in therapy about situations I encounter at work.
My point is: I know medicine.
And I am once again flabbergasted by reports about police practices for “suspect” control that is dangerous, unnecessary, and I’m sure used most often against black men. Police are enlisting the help of EMS to inject those in their custody with Ketamine under the guise that they are suffering from a condition called “excited delirium.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/elijah-mcclain-was-injected-ketamine-while-handcuffed-some-medical-experts-n1232697
I regularly use Ketamine in the ICU and have assisted in procedures in the ED (emergency department) with it. I know why it’s used, it’s effects/side effects and most importantly the adverse effects that can occur with use.
