2012 Volume 32 Issue 4 Pages 582-587
The purpose of this study was to conduct a survey of junior resident attitudes after attending a sedation training course hosted by the Japanese Association of Medical Simulation. Survey contents included emergencies during sedation, monitoring and airway management devices and techniques, and impressions of the Sedation and Analgesia guidelines for non-anesthesia doctors developed by the American Society of Anesthesiologists. About 90% of trainee doctors had experience with respiratory suppression, 60% with circulation depression, and about 60% with manual airway support. Junior residents largely accepted the guidelines. Sedation training courses for junior residents are essential from the perspective of medical safety.
