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Sample prehospital protocol for Excited Delirium 

#Excited #Delirium #prehospital #protocol #Algorithm #Management #Diagnosis #Differential #Paramedic
prehospital protocol for Excited ... Delirium #Excited
Pharmacologic Options for Management of Excited Delirium 
Benzodiazepines
 - Diazepam 
 - Lorazepam 
 - Midazolam
Management of Excited ... Diphenhydramine #Excited
Dosing of Ketamine for Severe Agitation 

#ketamine #psychiatry #algorithm #agitation #dosing #Combative #Excited #Delirium #Sedation
dosing #Combative #Excited
Algorithm for Acute ED Management of Excited Delirium 

Pearls for Appropriate Restraint:
- 1 person for each
Management of Excited ... #Excited #Delirium
Cardiac conducting system 
 - Sinoatrial (SA) node normally generates the action potential, i.e. the electrical
- The SA node excites ... Bachmann’s bundle to excite
Transverse Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block

CT confirmed appendicitis gets a TAP block by the ED for multimodal
supportive and excited
Tachyarrhythmia Framework - Differential Diagnosis
 • Narrow QRS - Regular Rhythm: Sinus tachycardia, AVNRT, Orthodromic AVRT,
Antidromic AVRT, Pre-excited
Cyanide Toxicity 
Treatment:
1) Hydroxocobalamin + Cyanide = Cyanocobalamin (nontoxic) 
   or 
2) Amyl nitrite
thiocyanate (renally excreted
Urine Anion Gap in NAGMA
NA + K - Cl = surrogate for Urine NH4+
NH4+ is excreted
NH4+ NH4+ is excreted
Duodenum on Abdominal Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Novices get very excited mistaking the duodenum for a
Novices get very excited