A Guide to Pediatric Sedation
Pediatric Sedation Team
Our team of specially trained physicians and nurses are dedicated to caring
for children through a necessary study or procedure. Sedation allows your child
to sleep through a potentially stressful or painful procedure or test, and
our team are experts at helping kids through tough times.
The Day of Your Child's Appointment
On the day of your child's appointment, you will need to check in on time
at the Admitting desk on the first floor of the Hospital Lobby. Directions
to UK Hospital. An adult will need to accompany the child
to the test and wait in the testing area until the procedure is complete to
take the child
home.
Your child MUST follow these NPO (Nothing By Mouth) directions before we can
sedate them:
- Your child may have solid food up to 6 hours before their appointment.
This includes milk, baby foods, infant formula, and juices that contain
pulp.
- Your child may have clear liquids up to 2 hours before their appointment.
- Nursing infants may have breast milk up to 4 hours before their appointment.
Your child MUST NOT have anything (food or liquid) beginning 2 hours before the appointment.
What Happens During My Child's Appointment?
Once you have checked in at the Admitting desk, you and your child will be interviewed by the sedation team. Family support is the best comfort we can give any child, so we encourage you to stay with your child while he or she is being sedated. We will also make sure you are the first thing your child sees when he or she wakes up from sedation.
The type of sedation the team uses is chosen based on your child's age, weight,
general condition, and the procedure/test being performed. Most leading-edge
sedation techniques involve IV administration of medicines.
Throughout the procedure, the sedation team will closely monitor your child.
Blood pressure, breathing and heart beat rate will all be closely monitored
throughout the procedure and after until your child is fully awake and ready
to go home.
We will give you written guidelines for your child's care when you leave the Sedation Clinic.
If you have questions about your child's sedation, please call the PICU Sedation Team at (859) 257-5337.
Fever or Illness
If your child has been ill with a fever or cold symptoms or has been on antibiotics for an illness in the past 2 weeks, please call our scheduler at (859) 257-5337. For your child's safety, you may need to reschedule if your child is sick.
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