Course Credit: 1 hour
Learning Objectives
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | @PharmERToxGuy |
Any thoughts on adding nitrous oxide to the list?
Succinct and useful.