These one-day courses are intended to provide sedation practitioners with the basic knowledge and core competencies that promote safe and effective procedural sedation to children. More specifically, the course has been designed to meet the needs of the experienced sedation provider seeking both cognitive (didactic) and psychomotor (simulation) based education and training. The course focuses on patient selection and risk assessment (safety), general approach to procedural sedation, sedation monitoring, sedative drug pharmacology and the recognition and management of the more common sedation related adverse events. As significant adverse events are relatively uncommon, this “hands-on” model of training is especially pertinent. To create the best possible learning environment and afford each participant maximum hands-on time, course size is usually limited to 24 participants or less.
SPS Primer on Pediatric Sedation
Course content includes:
- SPS Sedation Provider Course® Syllabus
- Pre-Test Written Exam
- Online Lectures, provided to participants prior to the course:
- Pre-Sedation Assessment and Risk Stratification
- Sedatives and Procedures– Approach to Procedural Sedation
- Sedation Related Adverse Events
- Sedation Monitoring
- Post-Sedation Recovery and Discharge
- Simulation and Small Group Sessions:
- Apnea– Hypoventilation
- Airway Obstruction
- Secretions/Aspiration
- Hemodynamic Compromise
- Tailoring/Inadequate Sedation
- Non-Invasive Procedures
- Invasive Procedures
- Testing
- Post-Test Written Exam
- Simulation Scenario Testing
SPS Platinum level institutional members interested in hosting an SPS Sedation Provider Course® may contact PCInfo@pedsedation.org for more information. Please provide your institution’s name, your contact information and when you would like to host the Course. Not a member? Click here for information on how to join.
Upcoming Courses:
October 4, 2018 – This course is for pediatric critical care fellows
Pediatric Critical Care Colloquium (PCCC)
Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center
Baltimore, MD
Information and registration through the PCCC
Past Courses:
August 24-25, 2018
Primary Children’s Hospital Simulation Center
For PHM Fellows only
81 North Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah
July 18, 2018
Precourse to the PHM Conference, limited to 24 participants
ExCEL Simulation Center
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Program
May 20, 2018
ExCEL Simulation Center
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
August 25-26, 2017
Primary Children’s Hospital Simulation Center
81 North Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah
July 19, 2017
Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
May 21, 2017
Florida Hospital for Children, Adventist University of Health Sciences Medical Simulation Center
Orlando, FL
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Hartford Hospital’s Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation
Hartford, CT
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Northwestern SimulationTM
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29, 2015
Primary Children’s Hospital
Salt Lake City, Utah
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Simulation Center
Children’s Hospital of San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Friday, August 22 and Saturday, August 23, 2014
Primary Children’s Hospital
Salt Lake City, Utah
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Florida Hospital for Children
Orlando, FL
Sunday, May 18, 2014
MUSC Simulation Center
Charleston, SC
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and the
Center for Education, Simulation, and Innovation
Hartford, CT
October 14, 2012
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA