CJEM Articles: sedation
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March
2007
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Savithiri Ratnapalan, Suzan Schneeweiss
Background: Procedural sedation guidelines were established for a tertiary care pediatric emergency department (ED). We developed a pediatric procedural sedation course to disseminate these guidelines.
Objective: Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of a sedation course in improving physicians' knowledge of pediatric procedural sedation practices and guidelines, relative to individual self-directed learning.
Methods: We recruited emergency staff physicians and fellows as well as fourth-year pediatric residents in a tertiary care pediatric ED to participate in a randomized, controlled, educational intervention. All consenting physicians received pediatric sedation educational material for individual study 2 weeks before a learning assessment. Participants were randomly assigned to one of 2 groups. The self-directed learning group (n = 24) completed a multiple-choice examination without receiving any formal teaching. The study group (n= 24) participated in a 4-hour formal multifaceted sedation course before writing the multiple-choice examination.
Results: The groups did not differ significantly in demographic characteristics or self-perceived knowledge of pediatric sedation. The formal teaching group's median examination score (83.3%; range 75.8%-96.5%) was significantly higher (p < 0.0001) than the median examination score of participants in the self-directed study group (73.3%, range 43.5%-86.6%).
Conclusion: The multifaceted sedation course was more effective in improving physician knowledge and understanding of sedation guidelines and practices than unstructured, self-directed learning.
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November
2004
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Ameer P. Mody, Aqeel Khan, Besh B. Barcega, Edward J. Vargas, James A. Moynihan, Lance Brown, Robin T. Clark, T. Kent Denmark, Tommy Y. Kim
Objective: There are few reports in the medical literature describing removal of a coin from the upper esophageal tract of a child by an emergency physician. However, given the nature of their training and practice, emergency physicians are well suited to perform this common procedure. We describe our experience with this procedure.
Methods: This was a retrospective review of a continuous quality improvement data set from a university-based tertiary care pediatric emergency department between Nov. 1, 2003, and Mar. 31, 2004.
Results: Thirteen children, with a median age of 20 months, underwent rapid sequence intubation and had coins successfully removed from their upper esophageal tract by emergency physicians. In 10 cases, the coin was visible at laryngoscopy and removed with Magill forceps. In 3 cases this approach failed and a Foley catheter was used to remove the coin. One child suffered a tonsillar abrasion and two sustained minor lip trauma, but all were extubated and discharged home from the emergency department with no significant complications. Eleven of the 13 patients were successfully followed up, and the parents reported no problems.
Conclusions: This pilot study suggests that the removal of a coin from the upper esophageal tract by an emergency physician can be both safe and effective. A larger study is needed before this procedure can be generally recommended.
