Clinical Care and Restraint of Agitated or Combative Patients by Emergency Medical Services Practitioners

Douglas F. Kupas, Gerald C. Wydro, David K. Tan, Richard Kamin, Andrew J. Harrell, Alvin Wang

Prehospital Emergency Care · 2021 · 17 citations · 0 references

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The National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) has had a position statement on patient restraint since 2002 (1), which was updated in 2017 (2). This document updates and replaces these previou...