Course Credit: 1 hour
AIR Stamp of Approval and Honorable Mentions
Below we have listed our selection of the 6 highest quality blog posts within the past 12 months (as assessed in June 2017) related to psychobehavioral emergencies, curated and approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. More specifically in this Module, we identified 0 AIR and 2 Honorable Mentions. After reading, please take the quizzes. We recommend programs give 1 hour of III credit for this module.
| Article | Author | Date | Label |
| Rebel EM: Chemical Sedation of the Agitated Patient | Bradford Schwartz, MD | 2/16/17 | HM |
| Pediatric EM Morsels: Agitation | Sean Fox, MD | 8/5/16 | HM |
The answer regarding verbal de-escalation is confusing to me as this can be attempted while preparing to chemically sedate.
Hi Danny,
Thanks for your comment! I agree with you that in the real world, verbal de-escalation while preparing chemical sedation is likely the most efficient and practical plan. In the question itself, we think verbal de-escalation is the best answer of the 5 options. We did not list the option of preparing to chemically sedate. Does that make sense?
Thanks,
Andy Grock