Recent trends and risk factors for chemical and physical restraint use in the emergency department evaluation and treatment of trauma patients
In this institutional study, nearly one-in-twelve trauma patients were restrained during emergency department evaluation and treatment. Restraint utilization increased during the study driven primarily by increases in ketamine and restraints utilized during trauma bay evaluation and resuscitation. Future research should assess the generalizability of these findings. It is important that rigorous guidelines are established to ensure the safe and effective use of restraints in trauma.
Authors
- Rochelle Dicker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3572-8221)
- Vickie M. Mays (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3395-7939)
- Jesus G. Ulloa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0311-1633)
- Darren James Newton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0214-1486)
- Jordan M. Rook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3579-4704)
- Ami Hayashi
- Catherine Juillard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0847-8933)
- Daniel Carrera
- Daniela Salinas
- Yasmine Abbey
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- UCLA Health (US)
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury
- Published
- 2024-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2024.112066
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.64
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Association for Academic Surgery
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Office of Academic Affiliations, Department of Veterans Affairs
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences