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Emergency Medicine

Why all the yelling and screaming? Dealing with agitation in the ED setting.

Agitation usually requires pre-planning and a team-oriented approach. Physician presence at the bedside may be helpful until a potentially violent patient is calmed.
CME credit is no longer available for this conference.

Course Authors

Michael P. Wilson, M.D., Ph.D., and Gary M. Vilke, M.D.

Dr. Wilson is Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine Behavioral Emergencies Research (DEMBER) lab, and attending physician in UC San Diego Health Systems; Dr. Vilke is Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, and Director of Medical Risk Management, UC San Diego Health System, San Diego, California.

Within the past 12 months, Drs. Wilson and Vilke report no commercial support.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, CCME staff, and interMDnet staff have nothing to disclose.

Release Date: 02/17/2013

 
Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:

  • Discuss safe methods for managing agitated patients in the ED setting

  • Apply the science of agitation research, including how new approaches allow for faster ED disposition

  • Apply new expert consensus guidelines to the management of agitation including recommended pharmacological approaches.

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the sponsor or its publisher. Please review complete prescribing information of specific drugs or combination of drugs, including indications, contraindications, warnings and adverse effects before administering pharmacologic therapy to patients.

 

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