Abstract
Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) is a core competency for emergency physicians (EP) that is commonly practiced.1-4 PSA entails suppressing a patient’s level of consciousness with sedative or dissociative agents to alleviate pain, anxiety, and suffering to enhance medical procedure performance and patient experience (Table 22.1).1,5.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | The Emergency Medicine Trauma Handbook |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 322-333 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781108647397 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781108450287 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 23 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine