Hennepin Healthcare is phasing out the use of handcuffs by its paramedics to secure unruly patients, after its leaders checked and discovered that its urban ambulance agency was among the last in the ...

Emergency departments (EDs) in the U.S. have seen a surge in patient visits for mental health conditions over the past decade. And frequently these visits include episodes of patient agitation, or ...

We’ve probably all seen TV shows or movies such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (starring Jack Nicholson), where an individual with a mental illness is placed in a straitjacket in a psychiatric ...

Janine E. Curcio and Dr. Robert Lowe provide a seven-point scale based on speech and responsiveness to decide whether or not to use sedation for an agitated patient. Managing an agitated or aggressive ...