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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.
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Implications for humanitarian practitioners and policymakers,
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