PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MODERATE SEDATION/ANALGESIA

Course overview

What is your role and responsibility in administering and monitoring sedation and analgesia? Included is everything you need to know - from practical guidelines for administering sedation to pre-sedation requirements, intra-procedural monitoring and documentation, and discharge criteria. Course Objectives: * Summarize the scope of practice of moderate sedation. * Describe presedation assessment and monitoring needs. * Identify proper parameters of IV medication administration. * Discuss identification and management of complications. * Outline appropriate discharge criteria. * Specify ASA standards of care, practice guidelines, and competencies. * Detail physiological differences and desirable effects of pediatric, geriatric, and critically ill mechanically ventilated patients. * Recognize risk management and legal issues associated with sedation and analgesia. * Advanced Level CE