TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - The violent or agitated patient
JO  - Emergency medicine clinics of North America
A1  - Rossi, Jennifer
A1  - Swan, Megan C.
A1  - Isaacs, Eric D.
SP  - 235
EP  - 256
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
N2  - Violent and agitated patients are high risk because they may pose a physical threat to the staff, may harm themselves, and may have dangerous comorbidities and illness that are causing the violence. The emergency physician must quickly control these behaviors, and thoroughly identify and treat their etiology, while simultaneously protecting the patients' rights and reducing the risks of injury to themselves, other patients, and medical staff. This article highlights potentially high-risk situations and describes corresponding mitigation tactics.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0733-8627
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.emc.2009.10.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -