Podcast 1025: Post intubation Sedation

Podcast 1025: Post intubation Sedation

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD

Educational Pearls:

Experts suggest that anyone who is put on a ventilation should be given sedation.

• When acquiring Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) medications and kits, one should also plan their sedation strategy and always consider the patient becoming unstable hypotensive after their intubation.

References

1. Needleman R, Dyer S, Martinez KA, Routsolias JC. Optimizing administration and timing of post intubation analgesia and sedation in the Emergency Department. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2025;51(2):215-219. doi:10.1016/j.jen.2024.10.011

2. Baumgartner K, Fuller BM. Post-intubation sedation and analgesia in the emergency department: The basics and beyond. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. 2026;44(4):583-596. doi:10.1016/j.emc.2026.02.004

3. Rosenberg H, Hendin A, Rosenberg E. Just the Facts: Postintubation sedation in the emergency department. CJEM. 2020;22(6):764-767. doi:10.1017/cem.2020.437

4. Romagnoli, S., Matta, B., Driver, B.E. et al. A plea for enhanced monitoring of depth of sedation in patients who are intubated and ventilated. Crit Care 28, 342 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-024-05105-9

Summarized by Aaryn David | Edited by Aaryn David & Ahmed Abdel-Hafiz, NREMT-P

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