The American College of Emergency Physicians in a statement called the paper outdated and said the term excited delirium should not be used by members who testify in civil or criminal cases.
How does it make sense that we ‘Form’ every person who enters our ER threatening suicide, but we do not ‘Form’ patients who come in with drug overdoses if they are in the grip of addiction?
People experiencing homelessness have a two to five times higher morbidity and mortality from all diseases compared to the general population and often have no choice but to use EDs for their healthcare.