Paediatric sedation for imaging is safe and effective in a district general hospital.

Objective: To devise a safe and effective sedation protocol for imaging paediatric patients in a small district general hospital (DGH).

Methods: Chloral hydrate, alimemazine and learned best practice were used for imaging 105 children between January 2013 and May 2015. We retrospectively reviewed case notes for this time period to establish rates of successful sedation and adverse events.