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Prehospital Sedation | June 15 2023

Date of Presentation: June 15, 2023

Type: Past Presentation  

Program: Emergency Medical Services  

Keywords: #agitation  #delirium  #disruptive behavior  #intervention  #sedation  

In this presentation, Dr. Whitney Barrett, MD discusses prehospital behavioral sedation following the framework of identify, treat, know your options, and manage. Dr. Barrett reviews the categories of agitated, but cooperative, disruptive without danger, and delirium with severe agitation and corresponding treatment responses across the spectrum.

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Whitney Barrett, MD

Whitney Barrett, MD, is an Emergency Physician at the University of New Mexico. She is also part of the UNM EMS consortium which provides medical direction, education and advocacy for many metro, rural and Tribal agencies in New Mexico. Whitney’s current EMS roles include medical direction for Valencia County and Kirtland Airforce Base as well as medical director for accredited courses at the UNM EMS academy. She is originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico and attained her medical degree from UNM. Whitney completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at Denver Health in Denver, CO. During residency, she had the opportunity to learn about EMS and decided to pursue a fellowship in EMS also at Denver Health. Subsequently, she worked in the emergency department, as an associate medical director for the Denver Health paramedic division, and as the Medical Director for the paramedic school.

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Date added: June 15, 2023