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No, it's still widely used in humans as an anaesthetic. Most famously, it was used to sedate the boys trapped in the caves in Thailand last year (during their
by perilunar 8y ago
No, it's still widely used in humans as an anaesthetic.
Most famously, it was used to sedate the boys trapped in the caves in Thailand last year (during their extraction).
- joncrane 8y agoSource for the Thai rescue one?
- nkurz 8y agoI don't know what level of source you are looking for, but a Google search yields lots of stories that make the claim: https://www.google.com/search?q=thai+rescue+ketamine https://www.google.com/search?q=thai+rescue+ketamine The Maclean's story is the one that I first saw it in: https://www.macleans.ca/thai-cave-rescue-heroes/ https://www.macleans.ca/thai-cave-rescue-heroes/
- perilunar 8y agoYeah, it was heavily reported. I read it first in the Good Weekend article. https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/we-didn-t-expect-all-13-out-alive-inside-the-thai-cave-rescue-20181106-p50e84.html https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/we-didn-t-expect-all-13-ou...