Event Information
Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in Emergency Care Online Course - 01/01/2026 - 31/12/2028
01/01/2026 to 31/12/2028
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3.5 Educational activity
3 Performance review
6.5 MOPS (Emergency Medicine) hours
Anaesthetics
Emergency Medicine
Online
Respond to medical emergencies
Provide expert medical care in all rural contexts 
Anaesthetics (ANA)
Adult internal medicine (AIM)
Procedural skills (PROC)

Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in Emergency Care Online Course - 01/01/2026 - 31/12/2028

The Procedural Sedation and Analgesia course examines the indications, contraindications for procedural sedation, assessment, monitoring and after care of the patient undergoing procedural sedation and examine in detail the common drugs used for procedural sedation.

Contact hours:
6.50
Total hours:
6.50
 
Total hours includes:
Case study hours:
2.50
 
Learning objectives
  1. Differentiate the indications, contraindications and potential complications of procedural sedation
  2. Prioritise the history and examination findings critical to the clinical assessment of a patient prior to procedural sedation
  3. Outline the monitoring requirements, recovery procedure and criteria for discharge
  4. Discriminate the pharmacology, complications and technique for intravenous sedation using Midazolam/Fentanyl
  5. Discriminate the pharmacology, complications and technique for intravenous sedation using Propofol
  6. Differentiate the pharmacology, indications, dosage and administration routes for the use of Ketamine for procedural sedation
  7. Summarise the indications, monitoring requirements and technique for intranasal sedation
  8. Identify contraindications to intravenous regional anaesthesia (IVRA)
Additional information
 

Provider Information
LearnEM
Miss Nikki Crichton
08 72268225
nikki@learnem.com.au
47 Manton Street
Hindmarsh
SA, 5007
Online