https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2017/8/chemical-restraint-or-lethal-injection In 2026 there still is no national consensus guideline on sedation for acute behavioural disturbance . There is no formal training course albeit ANZCA have published a 2019 policy on sedation standards for acute behavioural disturbance trying to advocate for minimum safety standards. In 2017 , only Qld & NSW guidelines advocated for ketamineContinue reading “A 2017 opinion piece on chemical restraint”
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Queensland 2024 sedation guidelines for acute behavioural disturbance
Victoria 2024 sedation guideline acute behavioural disturbance
NSW 2024 sedation guidelines for acute behavioural disturbance
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Western Australian 2024 sedation guidelines with ketamine infusion
A case of intubation for psychiatric aeromedical retrieval gone wrong
agd.nt.gov.au/media/docs/inquest-finding-pubications/2018/D01162017-Naomi-Smith.pdf
Death by midazolam misadventure : a catalyst for the Surviving Sedation guidelines
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Medical Director’s Position Paper: Repatriating Psychiatric Patients | ITIJ
Following on from the Medical Directors’ Forum at ITIC Global in Athens in October 2022, a Position Paper has been published on the international aeromedical transport of patients with psychiatric conditions — Read on http://www.itij.com/latest/long-read/medical-directors-position-paper-repatriating-psychiatric-patients
Risk of complications using a sedation protocol for aeromedical retrieval of acutely unwell mental health patients: a retrospective cohort study in Outback Australia | Emergency Medicine Journal
Risk of complications using a sedation protocol for aeromedical retrieval of acutely unwell mental health patients: a retrospective cohort study in Outback Australia | Emergency Medicine Journal — Read on emj.bmj.com/content/early/2025/07/15/emermed-2024-214719.long Editor’s comments : This is a good article comparing standardised protocol approach vs non protocolised approach to aeromedical retrieval of acute mental health patientsContinue reading “Risk of complications using a sedation protocol for aeromedical retrieval of acutely unwell mental health patients: a retrospective cohort study in Outback Australia | Emergency Medicine Journal”
Intravenous Ketamine to Facilitate Transport of Agitated Patients to the ECT Clinic – PMC
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can be effective for a variety of psychiatric conditions, including for some patients who are very psychotic or agitated. Transferring such patients from the psychiatric ward to the ECT clinic can pose significant … — Read on pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12105946/
The challenges of remote mental health care in Far North Australia
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Psychiatrization in mental health care: The emergency department
Psychiatrization in mental health care: The emergency department — Read on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9538185/
ACEM – Lack of mental health beds in NT leads to ‘last resort’ ED practices.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine — Read on acem.org.au/News/March-2023/Lack-of-mental-health-beds-in-NT-leads-to-‘last-re
The Experts Guide to Treating Agitation
Treating agitation is a big part of inpatient and emergency psychiatric treatment. In the emergency department agitation accounts for 2.6% of total … The Experts Guide to Treating Agitation
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