Procedural sedation in the PED
| View Website → | 12/02/2026 09:00 - 16:30 - Event |
The paediatric procedural sedation day is a multi-disciplinary study day open to anyone working in the paediatric emergency department. The aim is to train up further sedationists, encourage proceduralists to understand how ketamine sedation works, and help nurses to identify appropriate patients early. The theme of the event is to re-iterate ketamine’s proven safety profile and encourage appropriate delivery of this in the PED. Ketamine reduces length of stay and admissions, decreases the need for theatre and a general anaesthetic, and overall improves the patient’s journey.
Please note, registration for this event will close at 23:59 (GMT) on Thursday 5 February, but may close earlier if capacity is reached.
Learning objectives:
- To ensure ketamine’s pharmacology, mechanism of action, and adverse effects is understood
- To understand alternative sedation agents and when these would be best used (exemplified using clinical cases)
- To ensure RCEM 2020 guidance is being followed in selecting patients, and delivering ketamine sedation
- To use simulation to help candidates feel confident in consenting patient, including in difficult communication scenarios
SLOs covered: 4, 5, 6
GMC domains covered: 1
Who should attend?
- ACP/ANP
- Clinical/Research/Teaching Fellow
- Consultant
- FY1/2
- Nurse
- PA
- Specialty doctor/SAS Grade
- ST1-3
- ST4-7
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