De-escalation of the Agitated Pediatric Patient: A Standardized Patient Case for Pediatric Residents

• Main Authors: Adam Kronish (Author), Daniel Alanko (Author), Victoria R. Quinn (Author), Charles Wulff (Author), Elizabeth Stone (Author), Robyn Wing (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Association of American Medical Colleges, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Over the past 5 years, pediatric mental health emergencies requiring emergency safety evaluations and inpatient boarding of pediatric patients requiring psychiatric admission have increased. Pediatric trainees must learn to effectively and safely de-escalate a patient with agitated or a...