Airway Rescue in Sedation

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Airway Rescue in Sedation:
How Did I Get Here and What
Do I Do?

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Introduction
Most of the time moderate sedation procedures are routine and no complications
occur.
Most proceduralist and support team personnel know the patient and have
completed a thorough preprocedure exam.
There are times when a patient needs a bit of help. This is a rarity and thank
goodness for that!

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Sedation Continuum

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Overview of the stages of Mild Sedation, Moderate
Sedation, Deep Sedation, General Anesthesia

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Minimal Sedation

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Moderate Sedation

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Deep Sedation

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General Anesthesia

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Resuce

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Prompt for Rescue
Self rescue in moderate seadation
When the patient remains responsive to voice or
tactile stimulation a resuce problem can typically be
treated with the patient safety advocate can help
solve the problem by prompting the patient to take a
deep breath.

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Rescue in Deep Sedation/General Anesthesia

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Airway Adjuncts

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Airway Adjuncts

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Bag Masking
Diane to provide picture