Bottom Line Recommendations: Procedural Sedation

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• Maala Bhatt; Corrie Chumpitazi; Danica Irwin; Tracy Furst

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The document provides guidelines for safe and effective procedural sedation in children. It describes the need for skilled personnel, proper equipment, and patient management across the sedation continuum. Key points include pre-sedation risk assessment, preparation steps like informed consent and monitoring setup, medication recommendations (with ketamine as a common choice), and post-sedation care. The resource emphasizes special considerations due to children's unique developmental factors. It also notes that fasting time should not delay procedures based on evidence from large emergency department studies.

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Focus Area: Everyday Emergency

Audiences: Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Response

Keywords: Emergency Medicine; Fentanyl; Ketamine; Propofol; Conscious Sedation; Airway Management; Risk Assessment

Institutions: Translating Emergency Knowledge for Kids (TREKK); EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC)

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