In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD interviews Prayag Mehta, MD and Joshua Kern, MD – two of the authors of the June, 2022 EMP article on Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in the Emergency Department. Listen to the discussion to hear more about the emergency medicine approach to sedation in adults and pediatrics !

EMplify – June 2022

Episode Outline:

1.Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA): terminology

2.Levels of sedation

3.Prehospital care

4.ED care: patient assessment

5.Procedural technique

6.Preprocedural fasting

7.Capnography

8.Oxygen supplementation

9.Preprocedural opioids

10.Preprocedural sedatives

11.Anticholinergics

12.Antiemetics

13.Treatment (Table 2)

14.Reversal agents

15.Special populations

16.Cutting edge

Procedural Sedation & Analgesia

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