Research Snapshot: A solution to the ‘anaesthesia gap’?
12
March
2020
Output type
Research snapshot
Location
Kenya
Focus areas
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Programme
Humanitarian Research
Organisations
Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Global Health and Human Rights
This document provides a two-page summary of the research undertaken as part of the R2HC-funded study Every Second Matters–Ketamine Humanitarian Crisis.
Every Second Matters for Mothers and Babies - Ketamine for Painful Procedures and Emergency Caesarean Section (ESM-Ketamine) is a package of measures designed to be used in contexts where there is no anaesthetist. This study helped gain a clearer picture of the feasibility, safety and cost-effectiveness of ESM-Ketamine in humanitarian and resource-limited settings and produced a manual to guide providers in the use of ketamine as an anaesthetic.
This Snapshot summarises:
- Background to the research and how the research was conducted,
- Key findings,
- Implications for humanitarian practitioners and policymakers,
- Recommendations,
- Further reading.
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