Assertion: ketamine | /r/HasProperty | the anesthetic of choice
Facets:
value: in environmental/conflict disasters
type: LOCATION
value: in low income countries
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Since it suppresses breathing much less than most other available anesthetics, ketamine is used in medicine as an anesthetic; however, due to the hallucinations it may cause, it is not typically used as a primary anesthetic, although it is the anesthetic of choice when reliable ventilation equipment is not available.
text: Ketamine is much less likely than other anaesthetics to depress the heart and respiration, so it is the anaesthetic agent of choice in low income countries and in environmental/conflict disasters where there are few trained medical personnel, anaesthetic machines or consistent sources of electricity.