This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on Procedural Sedation. It was created by Hillary Janssens, a medical student from the University of British Columbia with the help of Dr. Holly Sherman, a Pediatric Emergency Physician from the University of British Columbia.

Click on the image below for the full-screen PDF handout.

Related Content

• Podcast: Procedural Sedation in Infants, Children, and Adolescents - CPS Podcast

References

1. Translating Emergency Knowledge for Kids. (2024). [PDF] Bottom Line Recommendations: Procedural Sedation. https://cms.trekk.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_12_12-Procedural-Sedation-BLR-v3.1-FINAL.pdf
2. Coté, C. J., & Wilson, S. (2019). Guidelines for monitoring and management of pediatric patients before, during, and after sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Pediatrics, 143(6).https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2019-1000
3. Godwin SA, Burton JH, Gerardo CJ, et al. Clinical policy: procedural sedation and analgesia in the emergency department [published correction appears in Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Nov;70(5):758]. Ann Emerg Med. 2014;63(2):247-58.e18.
4. Krmpotic K, Rieder MJ, Rosen D. Canadian Pediatric Society, Acute Care Committee, Drug Therapy and Hazardous Substances Committee, Hospital Pediatrics Section, Community Pediatrics Section, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Section. Recommendations for procedural sedation in infants, children, and adolescents. March, 2021.