Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Drugs and Sedation

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Pre-Hospital Anesthesia Handbook

  • 1212 Accesses

Abstract

By the end of this chapter you should:

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 99.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Benumof JL, Dagg R, Benumof R. Critical hemoglobin desaturation will occur before a return to an unparalyzed state following 1 mg/kg intravenous succinylcholine. Anesthesiology. 1997;87:979–82.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Butler J, Jackson R. Lignocaine premedication before rapid sequence induction in head injuries. Emerg Med J. 2002;19:554.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Chan CM, Mitchell AL, Shorr AF. Etomidate is associated with mortality and adrenal insufficiency in sepsis: a meta-analysis. Crit Care Med. 2012;40:2945–53.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Himmelsher S, Durieux ME. Revising the dogma: ketamine for patients with neurological injury? Anesth Analg. 2005;101:524–34.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lyon RM, Perkins ZB, Chatterjee D, et al. Significant modification of traditional rapid sequence induction improves safety and effectiveness of pre-hospital trauma anaesthesia. Crit Care. 2015;19:134.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • National Association of EMS Physicians. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2006;10:260.

    Google Scholar 

  • Perry JJ, Lee JS, Sillberg VA, Wells GA. Rocuronium versus succinylcholine for rapid sequence induction intubation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008;(2):CD002788. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD002788.pub2.

  • Warner KJ, Cuschieri J, Jurkovich GJ, Bulger EM. Single-dose etomidate for rapid sequence intubation may impact outcome after severe injury. J Trauma. 2009;67:45–50.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Zeiler FA, Teitelbaum J, West M, Gillman LM. The ketamine effect on ICP in traumatic brain injury. Neurocrit Care. 2014;21:163–73.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK

    Tim Lowes & Jeremy Henning

  2. North East Ambulance Service Great North Air Ambulance, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK

    Amy Gospel

  3. The York Hospital, York, UK

    Andrew Griffiths

Authors
  1. Tim Lowes
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Amy Gospel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Andrew Griffiths
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Jeremy Henning
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2016 Springer-Verlag London

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Lowes, T., Gospel, A., Griffiths, A., Henning, J. (2016). Drugs and Sedation. In: Pre-Hospital Anesthesia Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23090-0_7

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23090-0_7

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-23089-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-23090-0

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation