Education Committee Offers Many Opportunities in 2019By Anne Stormorken, MD
Chair
Chair
The New Year brings with it resolutions to learn more and network with other sedation providers. The SPS Education Committee will offer many opportunities to meet these resolutions in 2019. Online CME Dr. Jim Hertzog and the Online CME Committee are recruiting talented sedation experts who wish to increase knowledge of a particular aspect of … [Read More...]
Evaluating the Need for Pediatric Procedural Sedation Training in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Hooper, MC, Kamat, PP, Couloures, KG Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2018, p. 1., doi:10.1097/pcc.0000000000001809 Within the past 10 years, the need for non-anesthesia providers outside of the operating room has continued to increase. Many of these sedation providers are trained in pediatric critical care medicine (PCCM). Although PCCM p … [Read More...]
SPS Sedation Provider Course® 2018 Update and Beyond: The Future is Bright!By Corrie E. Chumpitazi, MD, MS
Provider Course Chair
Provider Course Chair
What is the SPS Sedation Provider Course® you ask? Since its inception in 2008, the SPS Sedation Provider Course® has been well received by student learners in over 16 states. Our simulation-based sedation provider course is aimed at improving sedation knowledge and core competencies to promote safe and effective procedural sedation to c … [Read More...]
SPS Online Education Needs You!By James Hertzog, MD
The SPS Online Education Subcommittee is fortunate to have several SPS members share their passion and expertise in sedation care and education as they prepare modules for soon to be released viewing for both CME and Nursing Contact hours. These modules include: “Overview of Pediatric Sedation in Radiology” (a two-part presentation) by Lorie R … [Read More...]
Sedation Provider Course® Offers Simulation Training for Procedural Sedation Outside the Operating RoomBy Kamal Abulebda, MD
Pediatric procedural sedation outside the operating room is a growing practice provided by multiple subspecialists with different skills in a variety of settings. The Society for Pediatric Sedation has successfully integrated simulation as a training tool and safety probe in this field by implementing the full day Sedation Provider Course® (PC). T … [Read More...]
Defining Quality and Safety in Autistic or Aggressive PatientsBy Holly DeLorme, MSN, BSN, CPN
Quality and safety in sedation is often reflected by how we, as providers, deliver safe, effective sedation for an imaging study or procedure. Managing a child on the autism spectrum can be a wild ride, particularly if that child has the added barriers of being non-verbal or exhibits aggressive behaviors when confronted with an interruption in … [Read More...]
Child Life 101 – EducationBy Sarah Davis, CCLS
When a child is referred to the sedation team, it is often for a procedure that would be stressful or traumatizing for the child to complete while awake. Even though sedation is used to decrease stress and anxiety in children, the sedation itself can be perceived or experienced as stressful. In order to decrease this pre-procedure stress, child … [Read More...]
Interview With a Sedation Education ExpertBy Trish Scherrer, MD
Donna Eull, RN, MA, CHPN For our winter newsletter, Focus on Education, we are fortunate to offer an interview with Donna Eull, RN, MA, CHPN. Donna is a pain and palliative care nurse at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, where she has been instrumental in staff education and implementation of the Children’s Comfort Promise for chi … [Read More...]
Video: Pradip Kamat, MD, MBA on OPENPediatrics
Dr. Pradip Kamat, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine, Director of Children’s Sedation Services at Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, and Society of Pediatric Sedation, explains the changing landscape of pediatric anesthesiology, the growing involvement of pediatric intensivists, and provides a forecast for the futu … [Read More...]
