The Safe Sedation Podcast

This episode explores the safe management of controlled drugs in sedation practice. Understanding the different drug schedules and their requirements helps healthcare professionals manage medicines safely, from ordering and storage through to administration and disposal.

Josh is joined by consultant pharmacist Rhona Sloss, Andreia Trigo, Dr Martin Lees and Dr Craig Cook to discuss the practical responsibilities involved in handling sedation medicines. The panel examines drugs including fentanyl, midazolam and remimazolam, alongside record keeping, witnessing, managing discrepancies and the importance of following local policies.

Listen as the panel shares clinical experience, answers common questions and discusses how clear procedures, staff training and consistent practice support safer medicines management.

This episode explores the emerging role of Remimazolam in modern sedation practice. As new sedation options become available, healthcare professionals need to understand not only how they work, but where they may fit into everyday clinical practice.

In this episode, Josh is joined by Andreia Trigo, Dr Martin Lees and Dr Craig Cook to discuss Remimazolam and how it compares with more familiar sedation drugs such as Midazolam and Propofol. The panel explores its clinical applications, potential benefits and limitations, use alongside opioids, and the practical considerations involved in introducing it into sedation services.

Listen in as the panel shares clinical experience, discusses the challenges of implementation, and considers what Remimazolam could mean for the future of safe and effective procedural sedation.

This is the first episode or our third series, dedicated to leading safe sedation. Over the last few years, we’ve witnessed an increase in the number of cardiology procedures performed under sedation. But we also know how challenging it is for professionals to implement safe sedation policies in their departments.

In this episode, RN Andreia Trigo and Dr Martin Lees talk about creating change in sedation practice in the cardiology department. We encourage you to stay tuned until the end to discover practical strategies, real-world challenges, and transformative insights that can revolutionise your approach to sedation management.

About SedateUK

SedateUK was founded in 2014, to help healthcare professionals non-anaesthetists develop the right knowledge and skills to keep patients safe. Learn more about SedateUK at ⁠www.sedate-uk.com⁠ and follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, ⁠Twitter⁠and ⁠LinkedIn⁠.

Over the years we’ve seen more dental procedures being performed under sedation. It helps patients manage pain and anxiety. However, it is a controversial topic due to questions being raised over its safety in dentistry. We’ll explore some of these challenges today and talk about how to implement safe sedation in dentistry.

In this episode, RN Andreia Trigo, Dr Craig Cook and Dr Martin Lees talk about creating change in sedation practice in the dentistry department.

This episode is sponsored by Medtronic Microstream Monitoring.

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About SedateUK

SedateUK was founded in 2014, to help healthcare professionals non-anaesthetists develop the right knowledge and skills to keep patients safe. Learn more about SedateUK at www.sedate-uk.com and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Over the last few years, we’ve witnessed an increase in the number of radiology procedures performed under sedation. But we have also seen an increase in the amount of comorbidities patients are presenting with for these procedures. Non-anaeshetist sedationists are faced with a need to develop sedation related skills to keep these patients safe, but also to implement safe sedation policies in their departments. In this episode, RN Andreia Trigo and Dr Martin Lees talk about creating change in sedation practice in the radiology department.

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About SedateUK

SedateUK was founded in 2014, to help healthcare professionals non-anaesthetists develop the right knowledge and skills to keep patients safe. Learn more about SedateUK at www.sedate-uk.com and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has introduced the sedation guidelines in 2013, highlighting areas that needed focus, setting fundamental standards of practice and guides for action. However the uptake of these guidelines has been slow. In February 2021, a new guideline was published, reinforcing certain aspects of the previous guideline and issuing new perspectives in other areas.

In this episode, Andreia Trigo, Martin Lees and Craig Cook talk about implementing safe sedation standards, how to translate guidelines and recommendations to real world practice.

This episode is sponsored by Medtronic Microstream Monitoring.

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About SedateUK

SedateUK was founded in 2014, to help healthcare professionals non-anaesthetists develop the right knowledge and skills to keep patients safe. Learn more about SedateUK at www.sedate-uk.com and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

In reproductive medicine, sedation has been increasingly used for painful procedures, mainly, transvaginal recovery of oocytes from the ovary and when needed, surgical sperm retrieval may also be necessary. The primary goal is to provide safe and effective analgesia, allowing the patient to tolerate the procedure, allowing the surgeon optimal surgical conditions to collect the oocytes, and promoting speedy post-operative recovery. Sedation has been an increasingly popular approach to provide these optimal conditions.

In this episode, Andreia Trigo, Martin Lees and Craig Cook are joined by Diana Baranowski, fertility nurse manager at Care Fertility, to talk about sedation and capnography in reproductive medicine, how it allows patients to tolerate these procedures comfortably and how to introduce it in clinical practice.

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About SedateUK

SedateUK was founded in 2014, to help healthcare professionals non-anaesthetists develop the right knowledge and skills to keep patients safe. Learn more about SedateUK at www.sedate-uk.com and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

In today’s episode, Nurse Andreia Trigo, Dr Martin Lees and Dr Craig Cook are joined by Dr Amit Prakash to talk about Value Based Healthcare in sedation practice. If you are a practitioner driving change towards more high value sedation care every day, this episode is for you. It should provide sources of inspiration and offer additional insights.

Health care should be driven by a constant focus on delivering outcomes that truly matter to patients. However, a lack of clarity regarding the definition of value has led to different approaches and slow progress. Some use the term ‘value’ to convey the humanistic side, while others employ the term to refer to cost reduction and overall process efficiency.

The reality is that value-based healthcare has not yet been embraced as part of the everyday language and business of the NHS in the way that evidence-based healthcare has.

Today we want to talk about value in sedation practice.

This episode is sponsored by Medtronic Microstream Monitoring.  Get more information about this monitor and the micro stream filter line here:

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About SedateUK

SedateUK was founded in 2014, to help healthcare professionals non-anaesthetists develop the right knowledge and skills to keep patients safe. Learn more about SedateUK at www.sedate-uk.com and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

In the cathlab several diagnostic and interventional procedures are performed. In fact, more and more complex procedures are performed everyday using these minimally invasive approaches, with improved outcomes for patients. However, pain, fear and anxiety still need to be managed in order for patients to tolerate these procedures. In this episode, Andreia Trigo, Martin Lees and Craig Cook talk about sedation and capnography, how it allows patients to tolerate these procedures comfortably and how to introduce it to the cath lab.

This episode is sponsored by Medtronic Microstream Monitoring.  Get more information about this monitor and the micro stream filter line here:

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About SedateUK

SedateUK was founded in 2014, to help healthcare professionals non-anaesthetists develop the right knowledge and skills to keep patients safe. Learn more about SedateUK at www.sedate-uk.com and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Although capnography has historically been used mostly by anaesthetists, it is becoming more common in different clinical settings, being used by nurses, paramedics and doctors non-anaesthetists in emergency departments, interventional rooms and recovery departments. Today, Andreia Trigo, Martin Lees and Craig Cook talk about capnography, how much it has changed over the years, and the challenges of introducing it into practice.

This episode is sponsored by Medtronic Microstream Monitoring.  Get more information about this monitor and the micro stream filter line here:

https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-gb/clinical-solutions/sedation-outside-operating-room.html# 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr93cLnxLqYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcDeKepeyFg

About SedateUK

SedateUK was founded in 2014, to help healthcare professionals non-anaesthetists develop the right knowledge and skills to keep patients safe. Learn more about SedateUK at www.sedate-uk.com and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.