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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 4: Safe prehospital transport of the agitated child

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Other Episodes in the Agitation Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status | Supplementary EMDocs article Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children | Supplementary EMDocs article Episode 3: Pharmacologic management of the agitated child | Supplementary EMDocs article (..)

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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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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children

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Emerg Med Clin North Am. Structured team approach to the agitated patient in the emergency department. Emerg Med Australas. Use and avoidance of seclusion and restraint: consensus statement of the american association for emergency psychiatry project Beta seclusion and restraint workgroup. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2009.07.003.

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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. Pediatric Agitation in the Emergency Department: A Survey of Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinators.

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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. McEnany, Olutosin Ojugbele, Julie R. Doherty, Jennifer L. McLaren, JoAnna K. 10.1542/peds.2020-1174