Ketamine-- how to prepare patients?

[u/rainbowsforeverrr]

Hi folks, ER nurse here. I'm curious how you talk to patients about ketamine admin for procedures or for intractable pain relief. I give it fairly often but I still haven't found the right way to prepare patients (or parents of littles) for the psychotropic effects. I've never used ketamine personally, but it seems to be a very intense experience that ought to be part of the informed consent conversation. What is our ethical obligation?

[u/Several_Document2319]

Ketamine can sometimes provide such a weird/strange experience that I think it’s very nice of you to prepare them for the potential “K hole” they might experience.

I would say - “Just go with it, and we are hear to make sure you‘re perfectly safe.”