publications, policy statements, & methodology
Publications
- Procedural sedation competencies: a review and multidisciplinary international consensus statement on knowledge, skills, training, and credentialing. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2025; 134:817-829.
- Procedural sedation: Providing the missing definition. Anaesthesia 2021; 76:598-601.
- An international multidisciplinary consensus statement on fasting before procedural sedation in adults and children. Anaesthesia 2020;75:374-385.
- Tracking and reporting outcomes of procedural sedation (TROOPS): Standardized quality improvement and research tools from the International Committee for the Advancement of Procedural Sedation. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2018; 120:164-172.
Policy statements
- Definition for the Practice of Procedural Sedation, adopted June 1, 2020
- Multidisciplinary Leadership in Sedation, adopted 2016, updated and reaffirmed February 18, 2021
- Preference for “Sedation Practitioner” Over “Non-Anesthesiologists” In Sedation Guidelines and Documents, adopted 2016, updated and reaffirmed January 29, 2022
Methodology
- ICAPS uses the Nominal Group Technique and the Delphi Method to formulate and update its agenda, and to achieve consensus generation on specific projects.
- This is accomplished in most circumstances specifically with sequential, anonymized questionnaires.