What effect did the sedation have? Were they still conscious?
> If need be, we were to give them another shot of ketamine in case they were waking up.
Im aware sedation slows breathing down, so some oxygen can be saved if human attached to tank is not hyperventilating for hours,
Pretty crazy the kids were sedated and hands bound and feet tied!
One of those things that you have to consider, particularly if you don't know the person that you're trying to rescue is at what point you're basically going to wind up fighting back and possibly intentionally drown the other person so that you survive. If the person is on the surface of the water and you have working scuba gear this can be as simple though as just descending and they'll stop trying to kill you. I've thought about the problem if you're in a cave and someone is nearly OOA and panicking and what would have to happen, but that's unlikely enough of a situation that hopefully I'll never have to worry about it.
Its real obvious to me why the kids were strapped down and pumped full of happy drugs.
«The effect of ketamine on the respiratory and circulatory systems is different from that of other anesthetics. It suppresses breathing much less than most other available anesthetics.[29] When used at anesthetic doses, ketamine usually stimulates rather than depresses the circulatory system.»