Ketamine

[jili]

I am looking for another RN (not advanced practice) who has given Ketamine for conscious sedation. I am being challanged by a CRNA and need some back up. Especially in Michigan, there is no law or nurse practice act that list specific drugs that an RN connot give.

[rgroyer1RNBSN, BSN, RN]

You are exactley right, now if you work on life flight/ air care like me besides er then yes we can manage an airway do it all the time most of the time the docs call one of the flight nurses to do airway management and intubation. So generally if they are doing any type of anesthetics they should have a CRNA or flight nurse or paramedic or an MD that can actually do airway management and is very profecient in airway management.

Rod RN