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

ABSTRACT:

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 aggressive behavior, as mental health patients take up a larger proportion of their patient population. This standardized patient case addresses gaps in knowledge and skills to ameliorate the care of children and adolescents with behavioral crises in the hospital.

Methods

Resident learners were presented with a teenage patient admitted to the hospital and awaiting inpatient psychiatric placement for suicidal ideation who became acutely agitated with aggressive behaviors. Learners w

SUBMITTER: Kronish A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10920402 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature