Variations in the care of agitated patients in Australia and New Zealand ambulance services.
Dhanya NambiarJames W PearceJanet E BrayMichael StephensonZiad NehmeStacey MastersDeon BrinkKaren SmithArendts GlennDaniel Michael FatovichStephen BernardBrian HaskinsHugh GranthamPeter CameronPublished in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2019)
There were wide variations across the ambulance services in terms of the assessment of agitation, as well as the use of physical restraint and sedation.
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