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"Ketamine is still used in developing countries as an emergency anaesthetic."

Actually, it is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines <http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/93142/1/EML_18_eng.... and used frequently and routinely in emergency procedures around the world, not just in "developing countries".



That's true. There are a few niche applications where it's used quite commonly, for example burn victims and the opiate-intolerant.


Still used in pediatrics in the UK. Just the BBC being the BBC.


I thought this, it's widely known in the UK to be used on paediatrics. It's also something the BBC has publicised before... Weird


Also in the US - my daughter was given ketamine when going into surgery.


Yup. I was watching Inside Combat Rescue and they use ketamine all the time to knock out the wounded soldiers.




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