Pediatric Education and Advocacy Kit (PEAK): Agitation

Clinical care algorithm to identify and care for the agitated pediatric patient in the emergency department.

The agitation medication dosing recommendation table accompanies the Care of the Agitated Patient Algorithm, a clinical tool to guide decision-making when caring for agitated pediatric patients in emergency settings

Self-paced learning module on emergency department management of the agitated pediatric patient.

This resource includes various strategies that can be utilized to de-escalate an agitated pediatric patient.

This resource includes various strategies that can be utilized by EMS clinicians to de-escalate an agitated pediatric patient.

PEAK: Agitation Podcast Series focuses on different aspects of assessing, managing, and supporting the pediatric patient with agitation. This series was co-produced by the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) in collaboration with Dr. Brad Sobolewski (PEM Currents Podcast), Dennis Ren (@DennisRenMD), and Dr. Manpreet Singh (emdocs.net). A new podcast and supplemental article will be published weekly through June 14, 2023.

Dr. Ilene Claudius discusses agitation in the neurodivergent patient with Dr. Alice Kuo, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and of Health Policy and Management in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Dr. Kuo is also the Chief of the Medicine-Pediatrics Section and Director of the Medicine-Pediatrics Comprehensive Care Center.

Seven-part webinar series presented by Dr. Marianne Gausche-Hill on the Safe Control of the Agitated Patient

Collection of resources created by New England EMSC to help assist with the care of pediatric patients who present to the emergency department with a behavioral health complaint and are awaiting placement or further evaluation.