Following completion of this self-directed educational website, a physician conducting pediatric sedation will be familiar with 10 Goals and Objectives. The Goals and Objectives listed below correspond to the Sedation Education page links in the navigation panel.
- Discuss common patient populations and procedures requiring sedation.
- Define minimal, moderate, and deep sedation and general anesthesia as they exist along a continuum.
- Conduct a pre-sedation history and physical exam.
- Assign ASA level based upon patient status.
- Understand effects of sedation on airway control and respiratory drive.
- Describe common sedative drugs used in pediatric sedation and reversal agents.
- Identify why appropriate medications for sedation are chosen based on the patient and procedure.
- Describe the cardiorespiratory monitoring equipment and resuscitation tools required for each level of sedation and their indications for use.
- Recognize and identify proper management of partial and/or complete upper airway obstruction, laryngospasm, and apnea, and when a patient requires a higher level of airway intervention.
- Demonstrate basic airway management skills and positioning including oxygen administration, OP suctioning, chin lift, jaw thrust, CPAP, bag-mask ventilation, and placement of oral and nasopharyngeal airways.