Acute Behavioural Disturbance; Roadside to Resus
The Resus Room
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Rapid Tranquilization
R.K.M. suggests the use of agitation scales such as the SAT score to the sedation assessment tool to guide the initial decision to use rapid tranquilization with parental strategies. I'm really struggling to say that, being reserved for the highest two categories on the scale. The whole scale itself runs from a maximal score of three down to a minimal score of minus three where the patient is essentially completely abtunded and doesn't respond to any sort of stimulation. So we're talking about ketamine androperadol and these really ramped up patients that are really anxious and agitated or combative, violent and out of control.
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