Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Acute agitation in youth is a challenging presentation to the emergency department. In many cases, however, youth can be behaviorally de-escalated using a combination of environmental modification and verbal de-escalation. In cases where additional strategies such as pharmacologic de-escalation or physical restraint are needed, using the least restrictive means possible, including the youth in the decision-making process, and providing options are important. This paper reviews specific considerations on the approach to a youth with acute agitation and strategies and techniques to successfully de-escalate agitated youth who pose a danger to themselves and/or others.
DOI: 10.1002/emp2.13255
Authors: Mohsen Saidinejad, Ashley A. Foster, Genevieve Santillanes, Joyce Li, Dina Wallin, Isabel A. Barata, Madeline Joseph, Emily Rose, Tabitha Cheng, Muhammad Waseem, Kathleen Berg, Gwendolyn Hooley, Timothy Ruttan, Sam Shahid, Samuel H.F. Lam, Siraj Amanullah, Sophia Lin, Melanie S. Heniff, Kathleen Brown, Marianne Gausche‐Hill
Institutions: University of California, Los Angeles, The Lundquist Institute, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, University of Southern California, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University, Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, University of Florida, University of Florida Health Science Center, Lincoln Medical Center, The University of Texas at Austin, American College of Emergency Physicians, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Anschutz, Brown University, Weill Cornell Medicine, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana University School of Medicine, George Washington University
Language: English
Subfield: Emergency Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,200
OpenAlex ID: W4401815628