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Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny by jdietrich on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:38AM (#24250070)
7-10mg/kg will cause unconsciousness, and is dangerous without CLOSE airway monitoring.

Just barely dangerous. You might see a bit of transient respiratory depression, but the risk of respiratory arrest or clinically significant hypoxia is very low even in an out-of-hospital setting. We have case reports of paediatric patients receiving as much as 50mg/kg without significant ill effect.

https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-0644(99)800...

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Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny by sneak on Sunday August 23, 2020 @08:21AM (#24251369)
I think perhaps you assume empty stomach, such as in a normal setting. Those doses are puke probability 1.0 range, which is lifethreatening if the person is unconscious and unmonitored.

Ketamine doesn’t really depress respiration that much. If the airway is physically obstructed, however, because nobody had their eye on him...

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Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny by GordonS on Sunday August 23, 2020 @09:20AM (#24251714)
It's probably quite dangerous in this kind of setting though, where the person has likely already been beaten, tasered and choked.
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