Prehospital Use of Ketamine versus Benzodiazepines for Sedation among Pediatric Patients with Behavioral Emergencies.

In this pediatric cohort, prehospital sedation with ketamine was associated with greater patient improvement, less subsequent sedative administration, and greater sedation compared to benzodiazepines. Though we identified low rates of adverse events in both groups, ketamine was associated with more instances of marked sedation, which bears further study.