Happy October everyone!

You know the EM stereotype about adrenaline junkies who love taking risks and shooting from the hip? Apparently, that kind of behavior can get you in trouble. Who knew? And when it comes to procedural sedation, it can get your patient in trouble. Safety is a huge concern with ED procedural sedation because it's easy to put a patient to sleep. The hard part is making sure they wake up.

Several years ago ACEP came out with a clinical policy on procedural sedation to ensure that we not only keep our privilege to do sedation but that we show we can do it right. So this month, we comb through that policy and tell you everything you need to be certain you are prepped and ready to sedate.

The AZEMCast Team