WELCOME REMARKS
Good day participants.
It is my pleasure to welcome you to this course on Procedural Sedation.
Sedation for patients needing diagnostic and therapeutic interventions has become a very important segment in the Services offered in Philippine General Hospital. The number of patients availing of Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) procedures has increased exponentially in the last few years.
In conjunction with the PGH's efforts to upgrade and improve its equipment and facilities for patients requiring Diagnostic (MRI, CT Scan, Bone Scan, Endoscopy, etc.) and Therapeutic (LINAC, Brachytherapy, Pediatric Oncology etc.) procedures, it is our duty to maintain the highest level of care for these patients.
It is the aim of this course to put us all-Anesthesia Providers on the same page. In this course, we will all learn, explore, practice, and reflect on the important aspects of sedation, with the ultimate goal of standardizing, maintaining, and even improving our Anesthesia practice for safe and quality care for our fragile patients.
Good luck and Enjoy!!!!
Evangeline K. Villa, MD, DPBA, FPSA
Chief, NORA Division
Department of Anesthesiology, UP-PGH