title: Prehospital use of ketamine for analgesia and procedural sedation by critical care paramedics in the UK: a note of caution?
authors.affiliation: Warwick Medical School-Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick Coventry, Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McQueen
authors.affiliation: Training Programme Director PHEM-West Midlands Deanery, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Crombie
authors.affiliation: Midlands Air Ambulance-HEMS paramedic, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.
authors.forename: Stef
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cormack
authors.affiliation: West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wheaton
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D000698:Analgesia / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007649:Ketamine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D061214:Patient Safety; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D007649:Ketamine
keywords: Paramedics, Extended Roles; Prehospital Care, Advanced Practitioner; Trauma