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Post-Intubation Care – Drugs

Nextgen learning designed to elevate your airway practice

“Adequate analgesia and sedation minimize patient suffering, prevent self-extubation, and optimize ventilator synchrony.” 


In this page, you will learn:

1. the importance of post-intubation analgesia & sedation
2. the most commonly used medications for post-intubation analgesia & sedation


Plan

Adopted from: “Pearls & Pitfalls in Post-Intubation Analgesia & Sedation.” Lecture by Ashley Martinelli, PharmD, BCCCP at the Critical Care Symposium 2021


Goals

Adopted from: “Pearls & Pitfalls in Post-Intubation Analgesia & Sedation.” Lecture by Ashley Martinelli, PharmD, BCCCP at the Critical Care Symposium 2021


Analgesia

Adopted from: “Pearls & Pitfalls in Post-Intubation Analgesia & Sedation.” Lecture by Ashley Martinelli, PharmD, BCCCP at the Critical Care Symposium 2021


Sedation

Adopted from: “Pearls & Pitfalls in Post-Intubation Analgesia & Sedation.” Lecture by Ashley Martinelli, PharmD, BCCCP at the Critical Care Symposium 2021


Medication Chart

Feel free to download the dosing chart below

(Adopted from the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Protocol “Pain/Sedation Management in Mechanically Ventilated Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients Without COVID-19.”)


for Online learning

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