Use of Term Excited Delirium in State EMS Protocols Over Time

Christie L Fritz; David W Schoenfeld; Jake D Hoyne; Stephen H Thomas

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.19183

Use of Term Excited Delirium in State EMS Protocols Over Time

JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jun 3;7(6):e2419183. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.19183.

Authors

Christie L Fritz¹, David W Schoenfeld¹, Jake D Hoyne¹, Stephen H Thomas^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Blizard Institute, Barts and London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study investigates changes in use of the term excited delirium in state emergency medical services (EMS) protocols after professional society statements condemning the term.

MeSH terms

Clinical Protocols
Delirium* / diagnosis
Emergency Medical Services / methods
Female
Humans
Male
Terminology as Topic