Ep 171 Posterior Stroke, EP Lead, HEAR Score, Ketamine for Suicidal Ideation, Peer Support Workers – Highlights from Calgary EM Hodsman Lecture Day
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Ketone for Suicidal Ideation
Every year there's about 50,000 completed suicides and 1.5 million attempts at suicides in the U.S. alone. In this live podcast from the HODSMAN lecture day he's going to talk about a fairly novel idea giving ketamine in the E.D. for patients suffering from suicidal ideation. Dr. Marshall Ross also works in a private clinic that uses ketamine for patients with mental health problems and substance use disorder. All right so thank you so much Dr. McCrae for your insights. This has been some great food for thought on a topic that we encounter pretty much every E.D shift.
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