Time to Sedation and Analgesia After Rapid Sequence Intubation in the Emergency Department.

Key Points

• The research aims to evaluate the duration between paralysis and sedation or analgesia after rapid sequence intubation in the emergency department.
• observed median time between paralysis and sedation administration
• conducted in an Australian emergency department
• collected data on post-intubation sedation practices
• median sedation time recorded was 7.5 minutes
• identified a potential 'sedation gap' post-intubation
• recommended strategies for ongoing surveillance and improvement