Approach to the Agitated Patient
Activity
e-Learning Module
e-Learning Module
EM CYOA mandatory module. Approach to the Agitated Patient. 26 year old male who presents to the ED by his parents for bizarre behaviour and increasing aggression at home. He has a history of IV drug use but is not forthcoming about which drugs he has used and how recently he has used them.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Emergency Medicine Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Abnormal behavior (psychosis, delirium, intoxication, violence).
- Construct a differential diagnosis for abnormal behaviour including psychosis, delirium, substance use or withdrawal, intoxication.
- Describe strategies for verbal de-escalation of an agitated patient and the safe use of chemical and physical restraints.
- Illustrate an approach to a patient presenting with a toxidrome including safety assessment, differential diagnosis and addictions management (alcohol, benzodiazepines and opioids).
Assessments
e-Learning Module Completion
Tags
Basic Sciences
Diagnosis
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Emergency Medicine Rotation
MCC Blueprint
Assessment/Diagnosis
MCC Presentations
Substance Use or Addictive Disorders
MeSH
Restraint, Physical [E02.085.700]
Diagnosis, Differential [E01.171]
Patient Safety [N06.850.135.060.075.399]
