I have to agree - colleagues in other specialties in our trust have
committed advice to paper which appears to tie our hands and give us little
room for manoeuvre; but we're not like some other specialties - we do have
relevant training and facilities. I find it difficult to understand the huge
discrepancy between American College of Emergency Physicians guidance on
paediatric sedation, and those from SIGN. I recall some Aussies and
Americans leaving the launch of the guidelines at the ICEM in Edinburgh
earlier this year, saying "Gee, how backward is this country?".
Chris Biggin
North Tyneside
-----Original Message-----
From: Cliff Reid [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 02 October 2002 14:20
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: SIGN guidelines
So what does one do about those appalling guidelines? What weight do they
carry? Will the Faculty issue a position statement or guidelines of its own
(based on the actual evidence, which SIGN doesn't seem to have used) to
protect those of its members and fellows who sedate children in their
departments? Or do we just take it lying down and let others decide our
practice, as if we don't have a specialty of our own?
Cliff
>ps I apologise on behalf on Scotland for the SIGN guidelines on sedation
>for
>procedures in children, we were absolutely horrified when we saw them. The
>rest of the SIGN guidelines are excellent and don't let this put you off.
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