Sedation guidelines

Question 1

What is Conscious sedation?

Answer 1

• Use of drugs to produce state of depression of CNS enabling txt to be carried out
• Verbal contact maintained throughout
• Drugs and techniques carry margin of safety wide enough to render loss of consciousness unlikely

Question 2

Indications of Conscious sedation

Answer 2

• Child anxious but co-op
• txt straight forward
• txt not likely to damage child’s attitude

Question 3

Contraindications Conscious sedation

Answer 3

• Severe dental anxiety , not willing to coi-op
• Txt extensive or complex
• Too young to understand
• can’t breathe through nose

Question 4

Indications GA

Answer 4

• Child or surgeon needs childs fully anaestheised before txt attempted