Emergency Procedural Sedation

September 22, 2025

This educational talk will review best practice patterns, patient safety, complication avoidance, and pharmacology of emergency procedural sedation.

Target Audience

-Physician Assistants

-Nurse Practitioners

Learning Objectives

1. Describe risk factors for adverse outcomes during emergency procedural sedation 2. Describe criteria for safe discharge of patients after emergency procedural sedation 3. Understand common complications of emergency procedural sedation and necessary interventions to ensure patient safety 4. Describe pharmacologic characteristics of common procedural sedation medications that influence choice of medication based on patient factors.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
09/14/2025
Course expires: 
12/29/2025
Event starts: 
09/22/2025 - 4:00am EDT
Event ends: 
09/22/2025 - 5:00am EDT
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Justin Puller, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician

UPMC Hamot

Erie, Pa

 

No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

 

ACCREDITATION

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (AAPA)

The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. 

Nursing (CNE)

A maximum of 1.0 nursing contact hours will be awarded. Participants will be able to claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the program.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 Attendance
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