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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.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 3: Pharmacologic management of agitated children

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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 4: Safe pre-hospital transport of the agitated child (Coming June 7, 2023) Episode (..)

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

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Most children who present to Pediatric Emergency Departments these days with mental health concerns – including agitation – have a known psychiatric problem or diagnosis. Furthermore, the connection between physical and functional symptoms is inextricably linked in many patients.

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

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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 3: Pharmacologic management of agitated children (Coming May 31, 2023) Episode 4: Safe pre-hospital transport of the agitated child (Coming June 7, 2023) Episode 5: Management (..)

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

When we take a mental health history, for example, I think we ask people, we do the PHQ, or whatever it is that we’re doing, asking people that mood. I think- Eric: I was going to say that. It’s opening this stock box of, all of a sudden, now what do I do with this information? Katie: Yeah. Jessie: Right. Katie: Yep.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

The idea was to create a robust community-based infrastructure that could help older adults succeed in their homes and communities, whether they were healthy, how to keep them healthy or they were at imminent risk of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, or nursing home placements. To Susan’s point. They touch every single system.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

The way we were treating him with dementia in the hospital, the way we talked about him, that he’s not there. Malaz: … to restrain them in the hospital. So if you think about dementia, it’s on the intersection of aging stigma and mental health stigma. And I was terrified. You get double whammy.