Equipment and physical facilities

Appropriate equipment and physical facilities required for all levels of procedural sedation and analgesia include:

• monitoring equipment appropriate for the level of sedation and patient comorbidities
• full resuscitation equipment, including age-appropriate airway management tools and a defibrillator; see Managing complications of procedural sedation and analgesia.

For further detail, see the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Pain Medicine Guideline on sedation and/or analgesia for diagnostic and interventional medical, dental or surgical procedures [URL].