Intraoperative awareness and experience with a ketamine-based anaesthesia package to support emergency and essential surgery when no anaesthetist is available

This study took place in rural Kenya

From:
Department for International Development
Published
31 January 2019
Country:
Kenya
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Health, Humanitarian Disasters and Emergencies
Authors:
Villegas, S., Suarez, S., Owuor, J., Wuyke, G. M., Nelson, B. D., Imbamba, J, Rogo, D., Rogo, K., Burke, T.F.

Abstract

Five of the 7.2 billion people on earth have limited access to emergency and essential surgical procedures. The lack of safe, affordable and timely anaesthesia services are primary barriers to universal surgical coverage. The objective of this study was to assess intraoperative awareness when the ‘Every Second Matters for Emergency and Essential Surgery – Ketamine’ (ESM-Ketamine) package was used to support emergency and essential surgeries and painful procedures in rural Kenya when no anaesthetist was available.

This research is part of the ‘Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC)’ programme.

Citation

Sarah Villegas, Sebastian Suarez, Joseph Owuor, Gabriella M. Wuyke, Brett D. Nelson, Javan Imbamba, Debora Rogo, Khama Rogo, Thomas F. Burke (2019) Intraoperative awareness and experience with a ketamine-based anaesthesia package to support emergency and essential surgery when no anaesthetist is available. African Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 9, Supplement, 2019, Pages S56-S60, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2018.07.003.

Intraoperative awareness and experience with a ketamine-based anaesthesia package to support emergency and essential surgery when no anaesthetist is available

Published 31 January 2019
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