In this episode Andreia Trigo, Martin Lees and Craig Cook talk about Assessing and Preparing Patients for Sedation. The truth is that inadequate pre-assessment is still a recurring factor in sedation-related adverse events and poor outcomes, for all specialties. So we want to talk about it, and reflect on why it is so important to perform an adequate assessment and preparation and what it involves.

This episode is sponsored by Medtronic Microstream Monitoring.  Get more information about this monitor and the micro stream filter line here:

https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-gb/clinical-solutions/sedation-outside-operating-room.html#  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr93cLnxLqYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcDeKepeyFg

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