Editorial: Public deserves more answers on ketamine : vimars

Editorial: Public deserves more answers on ketamine


Mar 23, 2021
James (Jamie) Britt, center, lost his life in 2019 after being injected with ketamine. He is pictured here with wife Tabitha and son Landon. Provided.
The extended silence regarding the proper use of ketamine — which played a role in the October 2019 death of a Mount Pleasant man who was injected with it after resisting police officers — gives us little comfort that authorities are learning what they should to reduce the likelihood of future tragedies.
Here’s what we know: Jamie Britt, 50, died in Mount Pleasant after he resisted police officers who had stopped to check on him while he was changing a tire near the entrance to the Snee Farm subdivision. Mr. Britt was seen urinating, and when officers arrived, he became combative and was subdued. Paramedics arrived later and injected him with 500 milligrams of ketamine, a powerful tranquilizer. The coroner’s office ruled his death a homicide caused primarily by “restraint asphyxia and toxic effects of ketamine.” In September, the town of Mount Pleasant and its insurer agreed to pay $3 million to Mr. Britt’s family; a claim against Charleston County, which employed the paramedic who administered the shot, is still pending. The paramedic who administered the shot has talked about how the “needless death” still haunts him.

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