Colorado officials resume review of ketamine program after Elijah McClain's death - CNN - 0 views
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Colorado health officials will resume their review of a program allowing ketamine to be administered outside of hospital settings,
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The 23-year-old Black man died in August 2019 after paramedics administered the powerful anesthetic during a confrontation with police.
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"This more clearly defined scope will allow us to do a review that examines the health outcomes of ketamine administration by EMS providers in the field, broadly,
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Ketamine has been used illegally as a club drug. The medication, which is used in hospitals primarily as an anesthetic, generates an intense high and dissociative effects.
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McClain is heard in footage from an officer's body camera telling the officers, "I'm an introvert, please respect the boundaries that I am speaking."
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Paramedics arrived and administered ketamine, the letter said. McClain was taken to a hospital but suffered a heart attack on the way, and he was declared brain dead three days later, the letter said.
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The report noted McClain's history of asthma and the carotid hold, though the autopsy did not determine whether it contributed to McClain's death.