Agitation Episode 3: Pharmacologic management

When we think of managing agitated patients we think of medicines – but that shouldn’t be our first option. However, medications can be adjuncts to non-pharmacologic means to help keep agitated children safe from harm. This podcast episode hosted by Brad Sobolewski (@PEMTweets) and co-authored by Dennis Ren (@DennisRenMD) is all about age-appropriate pharmacologic management strategies for agitated children. It is also episode 3 in a 5 episode series focused on agitation in children and adolescents. After listening to this episode you will be able to: * Discuss the medications commonly used to treat acute agitation in children and adolescents * Discuss the different routes of administration to safely administer these medicines This episode is a co-production of the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center whose mission is to minimize morbidity and mortality of acutely ill and injured children across the emergency continuum. EMDocs Collaboration EMDocs.net – the excellent Emergency Medicine site will also be contributing a supplementary article for each episode that will be posted each Friday following the release of the podcast episode. These articles will take another look at the content included in this episode. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD (@MprizzleER) for helping to put this collaboration together.  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 | Supplementary EM Docs Article Episode 5: Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarded in the Emergency Department (Coming June 14, 2023) EMSC IIC To learn more about the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center visit https://emscimprovement.center Email [email protected] Follow on Twitter @EMSCImprovement