Procedural sedation is increasingly used across emergency departments, outpatient settings, and procedure rooms, but safe sedation requires more than choosing the right drug. Patient selection, preparation, monitoring, airway readiness, and early recognition of complications are all essential to prevent avoidable adverse events.

This practical session will provide physicians with a structured approach to planning and delivering procedural sedation safely. The discussion will cover pre-sedation assessment, fasting considerations, patient selection, commonly used sedative and analgesic agents, dosing principles, monitoring, airway preparedness, management of respiratory and cardiovascular complications, and post-sedation recovery. The focus will be on practical decision-making and safety principles that can be applied across different clinical settings and procedures.