Procedural Sedation

Current Status

Free

Course Credit: 1 hour

Identify medications commonly used for procedural sedation in the emergency department.
Compare and contrast the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties of common medications utilized for procedural sedation in the emergency department.
Identify and treat adverse effects and complications associated with procedural sedation in the emergency department.
Identify the most common drug-drug or disease-drug interactions that may occur during procedural sedation.
Utilize case-based scenarios to design optimal medication regimens for procedural sedation in the emergency department.

Role	Team Member	Background
Author	Zlatan Coralic, PharmD, BCPS @ZEDPharm	Emergency Medicine Pharmacist, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California San Francisco
Author	Nadia I. Awad, PharmD, BCPS @Nadia_EMPharmD	Emergency Medicine Pharmacist, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Expert Reviewer	Elizabeth Temin, MD, MPH	Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital

Editors	Affiliation	Twitter
Course Editor: Mike O’Brien, PharmD	Emergency Medicine Pharmacist, Massachusetts General Hospital	@mikeEMpharmD
Course Editor: Sarah Grzybinski, PA-C	Emergency Medicine Physician’s Assistant, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructional Design Editor: Emily Small, PharmD	Emergency Medicine Pharmacist	@pharmdEMily
Lead Editor: Bryan Hayes, PharmD, FAACT, FASHP	Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Massachusetts General Hospital	@P harmERToxGuy