FactFinders CME: Conscious Sedation

Myth: Conscious sedation is typically needed when performing most interventional pain procedures (e.g. epidural steroid injections, sacroiliac injections, medial branch blocks, and radiofrequency denervation).

Learn about the facts surrounding this myth and the best practices to support safe performance of interventional pain procedures in your practice.

Credit CME:0.5

Tag(s) Patient Safety

Description

You will be awarded CME credit after you read the FactFinder and complete the post-test. Before submitting the test, there is a review screen for learners to review your answers before submitting each attempt.

CME Credits: 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

Price: $24.95 Members; $9.95 Fellows/Residents; $49.95 Non-members

Educational Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify best practices to ensure patient safety during interventional spine procedures, and
Cite the evidentiary basis for risk mitigation strategies in the safe performance of interventional pain procedures.

Authors
Byron J. Schneider, MD; Zachary McCormick, MD; David O’Brien, MD; Michael P. Bunch, MD; and Clark Smith, MD, MPH on behalf of the Spine Intervention Society’s Patient Safety Committee.

AuthorDisclosures: All individuals in control of content have disclosed the following financial relationships. All of these relationships were reviewed, and all conflicts of interest have been resolved (C7 SCS 6.1-6.2, 6.5).

Schneider, Byron J.: Advisory committees or review panels: Tennessee State Technical Advisory Group: Spine Episodes of Care 2017 - Task force member; Any position in a healthcare, medical, or physician society/association: North American Spine Society 2016-current - Lumbar Spinal Injections Instructor 2017-current. Education Council: Section on Rehabilitation, Interventional, and Medical Spine 2017-current, Spine Intervention Society 2014-current - Evidence Analysis Committee, 2015-current - Patient Safety Committee, 2015-current. Research Division 2016-current. Membership Committee 2017-current; Service as a consultant, expert witness, speaker, or author: Professional Disability Associated - Paid Consultant; Travel Expenses: Travel, lodging, and honorarium for expenses related to speaking/instructing for meetings/courses by the following societies: North American Spine Society, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spine Intervention Society.
McCormick, Zachary: Grant and research support: SIS grant for 59k, Foundation of PM&R grant for 10k, Midwest Pain Society grant for 3k; No payment or salary support to me from any of these grant funds; Travel Expenses: SIS Board travel expenses.
O'Brien Jr., David: Any position in a healthcare, medical, or physician society/association: Board of Directors North American Spine Society (NASS); Service as a consultant, expert witness, speaker, or author: Teach courses for NASS; Travel Expenses: NASS travel expenses for meetings and courses.
Bunch, Michael P.: No Financial Relationships to Disclose.
Smith, Clark C.: No Financial Relationships to Disclose.

Commercial Support
No commercial support was received for this activity.

Accreditation Statement
The Spine Intervention Society (SIS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement
SIS designates this internet enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Method of Physician Participation
Each participant will read the FactFinder and will answer post-test questions.

Copyright
Materials presented in this activity have been made available by the Spine Intervention Society for educational purposes only. We reserve all rights to such material.

Date of Activity Release: 6/5/2018

Date of Activity Expiration: 6/4/2021