This pamphlet provides details on how to care for your child after they have received sedation at the Hants Community Hospital. Specific instructions are given for how to keep your child safe and when they may start eating again after sedation.
Sedation is a treatment given to lessen pain during a procedure. Medicine is given through a needle (intravenous, or IV) placed in your vein by an Emergency Department (ED) staff member. Topics include: instructions, medications, follow-up instructions, and a list of symptoms that require a trip to the nearest Emergency Department. The French version of this pamphlet 1679, " Précautions à prendre après une sédation," is also available.
La sédation est un traitement qui vous est donné pour réduire la douleur durant une intervention. Un employé du Service d’urgence vous administre le médicament au moyen d’une aiguille insérée dans une veine (intraveineuse, IV). Sujets abordés : instructions, médicaments, directives de suivi et liste de symptômes qui exigent que vous vous rendiez au Service d’urgence le plus près de chez vous. ; This is a French translation of the English pamphlet 0121, “Care After Sedation”. Sedation is a treat…