Procedural sedation and analgesia psa is an evolving field in pediatric emergency medicine as new drugs breach the boundaries of anesthesia in the . Pediatric procedural sedation and analgesia lisa doyle mdat james e colletti mdb adepartment of emergency medicine university of arizona university physicians . A spectrum of conditions requires sedation and analgesia in pediatric population ineffective treatment of pain may result in physiological and behavioral . Sedation and analgesia are vital components of pediatric emergency care when children present to the emergency department injured it may be difficult to administer . Page 1 of 23 guideline for pediatric procedural sedation and analgesia in the emergency department introduction pain is often an inherent part of a childs