What is sedation ???
Decreases level awareness for a patient yet maintains protective airway reflexes and adequate spontaneous ventilation.By calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function by proper and specific medicine( sedatives, analgesics).
Material Required !!!
-Monitoring equipment: BP cuff, pulse oximeter, cardiac monitor
-Oxygen delivery by nasal prongs or mask
-Resuscitation equipment: Endotracheal tubes, Ambu bag and mask, defibrillator
-Personnel trained in airway management, and recovery of sedated patients
-Informed consent as appropriate
Drugs !!!
Sum of the analgesic and sedatives are give as- Ketamine, atropine (or glycopyrrolate), and benzodiazepine,other systemic agents like propofol or etomidate.
Gaurang Thanvi
Jodhpur Dental College,Jodhpur National University
