Reducing physical assaults on residents through implementation of project <scp>BETA</scp>: Best practices in the evaluation and treatment of agitation
An education and training curriculum designed to improve EM residents' ability to manage agitated patients may reduce the incidence of physical assaults on them by patients in their care. However, the decrease in physical assaults after these initiatives followed by the increase in physical assaults experienced after the COVID-19 pandemic are most likely multifactorial.
Authors
- Jeffery C. Metzger
- Lynn P. Roppolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1597-0259)
- Christine Ramdin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8937-0451)
- Gilberto Salazar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8283-5965)
- Joshua Choe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8422-0921)
- Garrett Blumberg
- Deborah Bishop‐Penn
- Andrew Kirk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4326-9048)
- Fuad Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9117-6041)
- David W. Morris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3656-5949)
- Laura Beyer
- Jedidiah Leaf
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Parkland Health & Hospital System (US)
- Texas Christian University (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AEM Education and Training
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/aet2.11064
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00