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SPS Sedation Provider Course®

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 limited to 24 participants.

SPS Primer on Pediatric Sedation

Course content includes:

• SPS Sedation Provider Course® Syllabus
• Pre-Test Written Exam
• Lectures:
  • 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

Past Courses:

July 17, 2011
Children's Mercy Hospital
Center for Excellence in Pediatric Resuscitation
University of Missouri - Kansas City Health Sciences Building
Kansas City, MO
Course Flyer

May 22, 2011
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota– Minneapolis Campus
SPS Sedation Provider Course® Syllabus (Pre-registrant username and password required)

Saturday February 12 and Sunday February 13, 2011
Atlanta, Georgia

May 2010
Louisville, KY
Provider Course Syllabus