Prehospital use of ketamine for analgesia and procedural sedation by critical care paramedics in the UK: a note of caution?

Emerg Med J

West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.

Published: December 2014

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