A new clinical guideline to improve sedation safety in patients transferred under the Mental Health Act from remote parts of Western Australia.

CONCLUSIONS: Standardizing the approach to managing agitated patients who are transferred under the Mental Health Act is essential in order to mitigate medical morbidity that may arise from sedation related complications. The sedation guideline developed by our service has been well received by staff, seems practical and feasible to implement and has the potential to reduce sedation related morbidity. PMID: 25147313 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Rural Remote Health - Category: Rural Health Authors: Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research