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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 5: Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarded in the ED

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Thousands of children and adolescents spend days at time in Emergency Departments waiting for definitive mental health disposition. Boarding of Mentally Ill Patients in Emergency Departments: American Psychiatric Association Resource Document. West J Emerg Med. American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 3: Pharmacologic management of agitated children

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For more information, please visit HRSA.gov To learn more about the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center visit [link] Email km@emscimprovement.center Follow on Twitter @EMSCImprovement References Gerson R, Malas N, Feuer V, Silver GH, Prasad R, Mroczkowski MM. West J Emerg Med. 2019.1.41344.

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 3: Pharmacologic Management

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Best Practices for Evaluation and Treatment of Agitated Children and Adolescents (BETA) in the Emergency Department: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry. Erratum in: West J Emerg Med. 2019 Jul;20(4):688-689. PMID: 30881565; PMCID: PMC6404720. Acad Pediatr. 2023.03.005.

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 5: The Boarded ED Patient

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And now we’re here at our destination, the place we know and love, the emergency room to talk about what we should be doing for the growing volume of children with mental health problems boarding in the emergency department.

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2024 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates

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ACEP should seek greater partnerships with residency directors and programs to ensure practicing physicians see the many products of ACEP’s efforts. While some issues are handled locally, many issues cannot be solved in our emergency department or hospital.

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ACEP’s Emergency Medicine Data Institute Improves Patient Care

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To tell an accurate story, when it comes to patient care in the emergency department (ED), you need much more, according to ED data experts and emergency physicians James Augustine, MD, FACEP, and Stephen Epstein, MD, MPP, FACEP. ACEP has developed 25 quality measures specific to emergency medicine and emergency physicians.