Agitation Episode 3: Pharmacologic management

What this episode covers

<br /> When we think of managing agitated patients we think of medicines &#8211; but that shouldn&#8217;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 (<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.twitter.com/pemtweets" target="_blank">@PEMTweets</a>) and co-authored by Dennis Ren (<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://twitter.com/dennisrenmd" target="_blank">@DennisRenMD</a>) 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.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> After listening to this episode you will be able to:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * Discuss the medications commonly used to treat acute agitation in children and adolescents<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * Discuss the different routes of administration to safely administer these medicines<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> EMDocs Collaboration<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.emdocs.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">EMDocs.net</a> &#8211; 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.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD (<a href="https://twitter.com/mprizzleer">@MprizzleER</a>) for helping to put this collaboration together. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Other Episodes in the Agitation Series<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.pemcincinnati.com/podcasts/?p=1133" target="_blank">Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status</a> | <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.emdocs.net/pem-currents-agitation-in-children-episode-1-differentiating-organic-vs-psychiatric/" target="_blank">Supplementary EMDocs article</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://pemcincinnati.com/podcasts/?p=1140" target="_blank">Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children</a> | <a href="http://www.emdocs.net/pem-currents-agitation-in-children-episode-2-non-pharmacologic-management/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Supplementary EMDocs article</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.pemcincinnati.com/podcasts/?p=1152" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Episode 4: Safe pre-hospital transport of the agitated child</a> | <a href="http://www.emdocs.net/pem-currents-agitation-in-children-episode-4-safe-prehospital-transport/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Supplementary EM Docs Article</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Episode 5: Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarded in the Emergency Department (Coming June 14, 20