1.) Sedation Guidelines: Emergency Nursing World's guide to safe and effective practice with sedated procedures. (This article is meant for the medical professional...but it is a good idea to have a good understanding of this information.)
http://www.enw.org/SedationGuidelines.htm
2.) Procedural Sedation: The Health System seeks to improve the quality of care by providing minimum requirements for the delivery of sedation applied in conjunction with diagnostic or therapeutic
http://minerva.acc.virginia.edu/~mcorgs/153.html
3.) Sedation for Procedural Pain: Skilled supervision is necessary whenever systemic pharmacologic agents are used for conscious sedation (i.e., the patient maintains a response to verbal and physical stimuli). http://www.stat.washington.edu/TALARIA/LS6.3.html