Originally Published: Common Sense, Mar/Apr 2013
Original Authors: Authors: Kami Hu, MD; Michael Allison, MD; Michael Scott, MD; Phillip Magidson, MD MPH; David Wacker, MD PhD; David Bostick, MD MPH
Editors: Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM; Jay Khadpe, MD FAAEM
Introduction
The ability to administer procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) is a necessity for today’s emergency physician (EP), and the list of indications for its use have grown over the years. The quest to determine the safest, most efficacious method continues, producing ongoing research on sedation techniques both old and new. This edition of Resident Journal Review focuses on selected updates on familiar agents and investigations into novel regimens over the past two years.