Henrickson: Moderate sedation privileges

Our Moderate Sedation requirements currently require the completion of a Moderate Sedation Analgesia Training Program (the standard required guidelines and hand written test).  We recently stepped up our requirements to include the completion of a course in BLS, ACLS, ATLS, PALS or NALS (we wrote in a provisional exemption for those physicians with advanced training in airway management and resuscitation techniques).   Taking into consideration the value of a physicians' time (and energy!), we wanted to accommodate them with a way to meet this requirement. 

When reviewing what training sessions are available - such as seminars or in-services offering the BLS, ACLS, ATLS, PALS or NALS, some dates and times did not seem to accommodate the physician schedules.  In searching for alternative ways to provide an adequate and acceptable training for moderate sedation, we found a video addressing Positive-Pressure Ventilation with a Face Mask and a Bag-Valve Device from The New England Journal of Medicine.  We will suggest this as another way to complete our newly added requirement for the Moderate sedation privilege. A link to the video is included below. 

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/video/357/4/e4/