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Conference Director and Co-Leader

Keira P Mason MD

Conference Co-Leader

Ronald Kosinski DMD

SAGE Global Sedation & Anesthesia Symposium

Educational Lecture Template

20.0 CME Credits

Day 1

Non-OR Anesthesia and Sedation: Introduction, Pearls and Pitfalls — Introduces the principles,

indications, and common hazards of delivering anesthesia and sedation outside the operating room, with

emphasis on practical safeguards, workflow planning, and frequent pitfalls. CME Credit: 1.0 hour.

Optimizing Pediatric Sedation Outcomes — Reviews evidence-based approaches to improve pediatric

sedation outcomes through patient selection, preparation, family communication, and recovery planning.

CME Credit: 1.0 hour.

Day 2

Evaluation of the Difficult Pediatric Airway — Focuses on recognition and assessment of the difficult

pediatric airway, including pre-procedure predictors, escalation planning, and decision-making in higher

risk cases. CME Credit: 1.0 hour.

Medical Evaluation and Risk Assessment for Office-Based Sedation — Examines the pre-sedation

medical evaluation required for office-based practice, with attention to comorbidities, setting

appropriateness, and risk stratification. CME Credit: 1.0 hour.

Sedation Delivery: Exploring All Routes — Compares oral, intranasal, intravenous, inhaled, and other

delivery routes, highlighting onset, reliability, advantages, and limitations in clinical practice. CME Credit:

1.0 hour.

Day 3

Navigating Sedation Regulations, Standards, and Scope of Practice — Summarizes the regulatory,

credentialing, and scope-of-practice issues that shape safe sedation delivery across institutions and care

environments. CME Credit: 1.0 hour.

Novel Anesthetics and Analgesics — Explores newer anesthetic and analgesic agents, with discussion of

mechanisms, emerging evidence, potential advantages, and practical considerations for use. CME Credit:

1.0 hour.

Adult M&M: Root Cause Analysis of Closed Claim Cases — Uses closed-claim and morbidity-and

mortality style review to identify recurrent system failures, cognitive errors, and improvement opportunities

in adult sedation care. CME Credit: 1.0 hour.

Day 4

Risk Management and Sedation Safety: Lessons Across Practice Settings — Examines how risk

management principles translate across hospital, ambulatory, dental, and office-based settings to

strengthen sedation safety and reliability. CME Credit: 1.0 hour.

Sedation for Patients with Syndromes and Complex Comorbidities — Addresses sedation planning for

patients with syndromes, multisystem disease, and complex comorbidities, with emphasis on tailoring

technique to individual risk. CME Credit: 1.0 hour.

Competency-Based Training for a Safe Sedation Practice — Reviews the components of competency

based education, assessment, and maintenance of skills required to support a consistently safe sedation

practice. CME Credit: 1.0 hour.

Day 5

Oral Sedation for Pediatric Patients: Safe and Effective Medication Strategies — Discusses medication

selection, dosing strategy, timing, and monitoring considerations for safe and effective oral sedation in

pediatric patients. CME Credit: 1.0 hour.

Challenging Cases: An Interactive Discourse on Real-World Challenges — Through interactive, real

world cases, this session explores high-risk and complex sedation scenarios across both adult and

pediatric populations. Emphasis is placed on clinical decision-making, complication management, and

adapting sedation strategies in dynamic and resource-variable environments. CME Credit: 1.5 hours.

Sedation Strategies for Emergent Procedures — Reviews sedation approaches for urgent and emergent

procedures, emphasizing rapid assessment, agent selection, team readiness, and complication

anticipation. CME Credit: 1.0 hour.

Day 6

Non Pharmacologic Techniques for Success — Highlights behavioral, environmental, and

communication-based strategies that reduce distress, improve cooperation, and support successful

sedation encounters. CME Credit: 1.0 hour.

ACLS and PALS: A Review and Update — Provides a focused review of current ACLS and PALS principles

most relevant to sedation providers, including recognition of deterioration and early response priorities.

CME Credit: 1.0 hour.

Day 7

Challenging Cases: An Interactive Discourse on Real-World Challenges — A second advanced case

based session that extends the discussion to additional complex scenarios, reinforcing structured

reasoning, complication response, and shared learning. CME Credit: 1.5 hours.

Teenage Challenges: Substance (Ab)Use and Assent — Explores the special considerations involved in

adolescent sedation, including assent, confidentiality, risk screening, and the implications of substance

use or misuse. CME Credit: 1.0 hour.

Impactful Publications of the Year — Reviews the year’s most influential publications in sedation and

anesthesia, distilling the studies most likely to affect practice, policy, or future research. CME Credit: 1.0

hour.

Total CME Credits: 20.0 Hours