Procedural sedation in the emergency department by Dutch emergency physicians: a prospective multicentre observational study of 1711 adults

Abstract

Adverse events during procedural sedation occurred in 11% of patients. There were no moderate or sentinel outcomes. All events could be managed by the sedating physician. In a country where EM is a relatively new specialty, procedural sedation appears to be safe when performed by EPs or trained EM residents and has comparable adverse event rates to international studies.