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Sedation for Intubation in Cardiac Arrest?
There's an anecdotal phenomenon that Dr. Tillman probably won't like so much, but you'll see it all the time during mechanical CPR. You don't want to stop compressions to let them be dead during the intubation. The something that makes a lot of sense to me is to give them ketamine. It's, human dynamics are beneficial and it will knock them out,. But most of the time what you'll find is ketamine alone is enough to both sedate them and allow the placement of an airway.