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Table 3 Common themes from free-text comments

From: Induction of pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia i-PHEA: a national survey of UK HEMS practice

“We prefer our clinicians to adapt their PHEA to each patient rather than have fixed stable or unstable regimens which don't cover every eventuality”

“Clinicians at our organisation are allowed to use their own clinical judgement rather than sticking to a specific ratio for a clinical scenario”

“We support the team modifying regimes to support individualised patient care. Our most commonly performed anaesthetic involves fentanyl / ketamine / rocuronium”

“We have recently changed our drug regimes and do not subscribe to didactic dose regimes. We use fentanyl, ketamine, rocuronium for trauma patients and allow the clinician to judge dose dependent on age, GCS and stability”