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

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There are protocols in place that assist highly trained Emergency Medical Service providers in assuring that agitated children are safely transported to their destination. NASEMSO: Clinical care and restraint of agitated or combative patients by emergency medical service practitioners.

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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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Characteristics, Clinical Care, and Disposition Barriers for Mental Health Patients Boarding in the Emergency Department. PMID: 32393605. Parent/Professional Advocacy League: Best Practices: Pediatric Emergency Department Psychiatric Boarding Kraft CM, Morea P, Teresi B, et al. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.11.021

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

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That’s focused on older adults who are too frail to get into clinic. In that clinical experience, we saw a lot of older adults who would develop acute illness, often exacerbations of their chronic conditions. We relied on our clinical experience as geriatricians, that home-based primary care experience. Bruce: Sure.

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