Credentialing Characteristics of Sedation Programs
| Credentialing Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Initial credentialing (n = 41) | |
| Do your physicians receive special credentialing to provide sedation service? | |
| No | 8 (19.5) |
| Yes | 33 (80.5) |
| Initial credentialing is granted through (n = 33) (multiple choices may be selected) | |
| Credentialing granted through a primary specialty | 26 (78.7) |
| Credentialing granted through sedation as a separate specialty section | 13 (39.4) |
| Pediatric specialties that can be credentialed: (n = 33) | |
| PCCM | 33 (100) |
| PEM | 26 (78.8) |
| Pediatric anesthesia | 27 (81.8) |
| Pediatric hospitalist | 4 (12.1) |
| Initial credentialing requirement for sedation providers includes (n = 41) (multiple choices may be selected) | |
| Documentation having performed a certain number of pediatric procedural sedates or documented proctoring of a certain number of deep sedation cases | 20 (48.8) |
| Evidence of procedural sedation/analgesia training during fellowship | 24 (58.5) |
| Successful completion of pediatric procedural sedation orientation packet | 21 (51.2) |
| Current PALS certification | 30 (73.2) |
| ACLS Certification | 1 (2.4) |
| Recredentialing (n = 41) | |
| Recredentialed through primary subspecialty | 34 (82.9) |
| Recredentialed through other mechanisms | 3 (7.3) |
| No requirement for recredentialing | 4 (9.8) |
| Recredentialing of sedation providers requires: (n = 41) | |
| Maintenance of proficiency in safe administration of procedural sedation by performing a minimum number of sedations/y | 26 (63.4) |
| Maintenance of airway skills in the operating room | 10 (24.4) |
| Attendance at a pediatric sedation simulation course | 1 (2.4) |
| Current certification in PALS | 27 (65.9) |
| Other | 6 (14.6) |
| None | 4 (9.8) |