Many trauma patients will be hypovolemic, thus consider induction with ketamine (1-2 mg/kg) or etomidate (0.2-0.3 mg/kg) – also consider adding midazolam (induction dose 0.1-0.4 mg/kg), as the incidence of intraoperative recall is high in trauma patients. Most trauma patients cannot handle the same level of anesthesia as their healthier counterparts, thus paralysis is required […]