The ideas and techniques featured in Patient Sedation Without Medication were conceived and refined in clinical practice. By following the book's step-by-step guidelines, healthcare professionals can help their patients better cope with anxiety and pain when undergoing their procedures; thus enabling patients to either forgo or reduce their needs for medication.Authors Elvira Lang, MD-one of the world's leading experts in procedure hypnosis-and Eleanor Laser, PhD-clinical psychologist and international advocate of procedure hypnosis-drew on extensive controlled research with more than 700 patients, and 17 years of field experience in writing Patient Sedation Without Medication. "Lang and Laser really get it; patients' fears, their helplessness when caught in the midst of medical procedures, and the huge need of patients to be treated with dignity and respect."- Judy Foreman, Nationally Syndicated Health ColumnistWinner of the 2010 Arthur Shapiro Award for Best Book on Hypnosis- Patient Sedation Without Medication contains detailed ready-to-use examples, scripts, and authentic case studies to provide practical help for doctors, nurses, medical and radiological technologists, chiropractors, dentists, phlebotomists, physical therapists, and other caregivers. Also, the book will benefit patients who will learn how their well-being can be improved.The book prepares you for instant application of the techniques. In fact, you can begin practicing Patient Sedation Without Meditation techniques just minutes after reading the book!

The information you need to manage medical experiences to your best advantage - from scheduling an appointment through tests and treatment. - Insight and tips for coping with specific medical situations. - Background information to put issues in perspective. - Proactive strategies and solutions to better prepare for surgery, dentistry, MRIs, endoscopies, angioplasties or any other medical encounters. Plus, Comfort Talk techniques newly revitalized and adapted for personal use! The same techniques acclaimed internationally by major medical centers for fast, natural, safe relief of the stress and pain that can accompany medical tests and treatments have been carefully adapted for personal use to help you attain immediate relief when you need it - where you need it.

Clinical Sedation in Dentistry is a comprehensive textbook on the principles and practice of clinical sedation in dentistry, written by experienced educators and internationally renowned researchers in the field. Chapters cover the following key topics: the etiology of dental anxiety, patient management techniques, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, patient assessment and selection, pre-medication and oral sedation, special care dentistry, inhalation and intravenous sedation, complications and emergencies, medico-legal aspects, and advances.

Introducing the definitive resource designed for practitioners working in the rapidly expanding area of moderate procedural sedation and analgesia clinical practice. Moderate Procedural Sedation and Analgesia: A Question and Answer Approach focuses on the preprocedural, procedural, and postprocedural care of the moderately sedated patient in a variety of settings. This comprehensive text is designed to provide all the content and tools nurses and other clinicians need to demonstrate competency in moderate sedation and analgesia. Additionally, this user-friendly text is written by well-known sedation/analgesia expert, Michael Kost and recommended by standards of practice from the ANA, AORN, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. - New clinically focused text ensures clinicians involved in the administration and management of patients receiving moderate sedation have access to the most up-to-date information. - Strong safety focus throughout the book explains how technology and clinician practice can improve sedation administration. - Chapters organized in clinical problem/question plus answer format help you easily comprehend material. - Follows the latest TJC Sedation/Anesthesia Guidelines ensuring you are ready for medication administration in clinical practice. - Pediatrics and Geriatrics chapters cover specific sedation practice recommendations that address the substantive clinical practice challenges associated with these patient populations. - Pharmacologic profiles of medications detail their use in the moderate sedation practice setting.

"These guidelines were produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) a Guidelines Development Group of technical experts, and in consultation with the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) secretariat and other WHO departments. WHO also wishes to acknowledge the financial contribution of UNODC and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to this project. " - p. iv

This book brings together clinicians, ethicists and lawyers to put the practice of continuous sedation under a critical spotlight.