SPS Newsletter

An official publication of the Society for Pediatric Sedation

An official publication of the
Society for Pediatric Sedation®

Summer 2019

Trends in PSRC Sedation
Reviewed by Mary Landrigan-Ossar, MD, PhD

SPS Plenary Session | May 20, 2019, 1:30 pm | Pradip Kamat, MD The Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium (PSRC) has collected data on over 450,000 sedations from 2007-2018. Dr. Pradip Kamat’s presentation, “Trends in PSRC Sedation”, was an informative and, dare I say, entertaining (who will ever forget the immortal line, “any gorilla can push propofol”?) review of information … [Read more...] about Trends in PSRC Sedation

“What Happens When the Lights Go Out?” Addressing After Hours Sedation
Reviewed by Anne Stormorken, MD

SPS Plenary Session | May 20, 2019, 12:15 pm Moderator – Deb Faulk, MD | Presenters – Troy Sands, MD; Carmen Sulton, MD The holy grail of any service line is providing the same level of care and customer service 24/7/365, and this is particularly true when caring for children. A panel of sedation experts provided insight into how various institutions have tried to confront thi … [Read more...] about “What Happens When the Lights Go Out?” Addressing After Hours Sedation

Pediatric Sedation State Scale
Reviewed by Jason Reynolds, MD

SPS Plenary Session | May 22, 2019, 8:00 am | Joseph P. Cravero, MD Dr. Cravero opened with a reference to an obscure baseball team that apparently wears red socks.  He then went on to hit a home run by walking us through the evolution of the Pediatric Sedation State Score (PSSS).  The story really begins with the Dartmouth Summit of Pediatric Sedation that led to the p … [Read more...] about Pediatric Sedation State Scale

2019 SPS Conference Reviews

Plenary Sessions Monday, May 20 Unscheduled Compassion: Procedural Sedation & Pre-procedural Fasting Ensuring Quality in Procedural Sedation Across the Institution A Tale of Three Cities: Variation in Sedation Service Lines Evolution of Sedation Nursing and Impact on Care Standards Parent Presentation: One Child’s Journey: A Parent’s Perspective on Sed … [Read more...] about 2019 SPS Conference Reviews

Unscheduled Compassion: Procedural Sedation & Pre-procedural Fasting
Reviewed by David Banks, MD, FAAP

SPS Plenary Session | May 20, 2019, 4:15 pm Benjamin F. Jackson, MD, FAAP, FACEP; and Maala Bhatt, MD, MSc, FRCPC Dr. Jackson introduced the American College of Emergency Physicians’ new guideline: “Multidisciplinary Consensus Practice Guideline for Unscheduled Procedural Sedation” “We look to guidelines to point us in a direction of safety, to help identify risk, and risk … [Read more...] about Unscheduled Compassion: Procedural Sedation & Pre-procedural Fasting