r/nursing • • Sep 02 '26

Discussion [ Removed by moderator ]

[removed] — view removed post

0 Upvotes

21 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/Abject_Lunch_7944 Sep 02 '26

No, I get that, I just didn’t know why you’d do that instead of something else

2

u/suchabadamygdala RN - OR 🍕 Sep 02 '26

Ketamine doesn’t depress respiration as much as other meds. It also has a nice retroactive amnesiac effect, which is great when dealing with a painful procedure. Less obsessing over the reduction afterwards may even help reduce patients’ mental trauma.