Let’s Get a Grip on Excited Delirium

Champaign Police Department Lt. Michael Paulus, along with Dr. Thomas Scaggs, M.D. conducted a presentation “Let’s Get a Grip on Excited Delirium” at the Gateway Regional Medical Center in Collinsville, Illinois, on June 23, 2012. The presentation topics included:

  • Definition, causes & Treatments
  • Need for a Multi-Disciplinary Response Protocol
  • Sedation, Pre-Hospital Documentation, Emergency Department   Workup; and
  • Multiple Officer Control Tactics