Importance Individuals with behavioral disorders are increasingly presenting to the
emergency department (ED), and associated episodes of agitation can cause significant …

Importance Recent studies have demonstrated that people of color are more likely to be
restrained in emergency department (ED) settings compared with other patients, but many of …

Study objective Agitation, defined as excessive psychomotor activity leading to violent and
aggressive behavior, is becoming more prevalent in the emergency department (ED) amidst …

Background Agitated patients frequently present to emergency departments, but limited
evidence exists regarding clinical decisions to use chemical sedatives and physical …

Objectives Agitation, defined as excessive psychomotor activity leading to aggressive or
violent behaviour, is prevalent in the emergency department (ED) due to rising behavioural …

Introduction The burden of mental health-related visits to emergency departments (EDs) is
growing, and agitation episodes are prevalent with such visits. Best practice guidance from …

Study objective Although electronic behavioral alerts are placed as an alert flag in the
electronic health record to notify staff of previous behavioral and/or violent incidents in …

Background Over 1.7 million episodes of agitation occur annually across the United States
in emergency departments (EDs), some of which lead to workplace assaults on clinicians …

Study objective To determine what patient characteristics were associated with the
application of physical restraints in our emergency department (ED). Methods This was a …

Study objective Racial and ethnic bias in health care has been documented at structural,
organizational, and clinical levels, impacting emergency care, including agitation …