Procedural Sedation

EDITORS NOTE: When i was talking about the "analgesic effects of versed i meant to say the amnesia effects. Versed provides no analgesics.Disclaimer: This is not a guide, tutorial, or training! This does not substitute medical training or medical direction. FOLLOW YOUR PROTOCOLS!!This episode we will be tackling the topic of procedural sedation, what the NIH says are best practices and examine a call where i used it and how it could have gone better.References:Benzoni T, Agarwal A, Cascella M. Procedural sedation. StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf. Published March 22, 2025. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK551685/Emerling AD, Fisher J, Walrath B, Drew B. Rapid ketamine infusion at an analgesic dose resulting in transient hypotension and bradycardia in the emergency department. Journal of Special Operations Medicine. 2020;20(1):31. doi:10.55460/n455-ukw4