TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 16. Anesthesia: Ketamine, Ether, and Halothane A1 - Iserson, Kenneth V. Y1 - 2012 N1 - T2 - Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments AB - A group of anesthesiologists familiar with international disaster relief operations wrote, "There is a danger of the modern practitioner becoming an ‘anesthetic dinosaur,' unable to survive except in a sophisticated technological environment."1 Inexperience with ketamine, ether, and halothane, anesthetics commonly used in developing countries, may come to haunt those trying to deliver inhalational anesthesia in austere circumstances. Ketamine is an easy and safe anesthetic to give, even by non-anesthetists; ether is extremely safe, portable, and deliverable by improvised means. Modern anesthetists often lack a familiarity with halothane. Therefore, a description of these three anesthetics will help clinicians deliver safe anesthesia. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/09 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57374178 ER -