A code response team for agitated patients was modeled on response teams for other acute conditions such as stroke. A team-based approach to responding to agitated patients in the Emergency Department ...

Marie Pavini with her dad, Amadeu Pavini Jr., who is modeling the Exersides refraint system — the device Marie invented to allow intubated patients more mobility than traditional restraints. Photo ...

Black patients presenting with psychiatric disorders to hospital emergency departments (EDs) across the US have significantly higher rates of chemical restraint than their White counterparts, new ...

Sedation is one of the most imperative skills for healthcare providers to acquire to ensure patient safety. It has revolutionized how healthcare providers deliver care, offering a balance of comfort ...

In the emergency room setting, agitated patients with delirium experience higher rates of hospital admissions and adverse events, researchers say. Agitated patients represent a small but challenging ...

A group of doctors, nurses and other staff of Hennepin Healthcare say the hospital system too often resorts to sedating, secluding and physically restraining patients — especially patients of color — ...

Though caregivers of pediatric dental patients reported mixed feelings about the use of physical restraints, they should be reserved for exceptional circumstances, according to a study published ...

A new investigative report is shining a light on the number of people dying in police custody after being given sedatives. Those drugs, administered by paramedics, are meant to calm people who are ...

Medical malpractice: Suit alleges that medical facilities performed unauthorized bone marrow and cellular procedures on an incapacitated patient without consent and used chemical sedation and physical ...