[joergsauer]

"Ketamine is still used in developing countries as an emergency anaesthetic."

Actually, it is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines <http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/93142/1/EML_18_eng.... and used frequently and routinely in emergency procedures around the world, not just in "developing countries".

[titanomachy]

That's true. There are a few niche applications where it's used quite commonly, for example burn victims and the opiate-intolerant.

[BgSpnnrs]

Still used in pediatrics in the UK. Just the BBC being the BBC.

[joshcrowder]

I thought this, it's widely known in the UK to be used on paediatrics. It's also something the BBC has publicised before... Weird

[pge]

Also in the US - my daughter was given ketamine when going into surgery.

[civilian]

Yup. I was watching Inside Combat Rescue and they use ketamine all the time to knock out the wounded soldiers.