RAMS Webinar: Approaches to Dealing with Aggressive Patients in Prehospital and ED Setting
The purpose of this webinar is to give residents and medical students the tools to handle aggressive patients in various situations. We will cover verbal and physical de-escalation, use of sedations and restraints, malingering patients, and pediatric behavioral issues.
Moderators/Panelists
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Bryan Beaver
MD
The University of Kansas Health System
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Taylor Diederich, MD
Member-at-Large
University of Kansas
Taylor Diederich, MD is a PGY-1 Emergency Medicine resident at the University of Kansas, recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She currently serves as a Member-at-Large on the RAMS Board, and as the RAMS Board Liaison to the SAEM Education Committee.
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Lauren Diercks
Member-at-Large
University of Texas Southwestern
Ms. Lauren Diercks is a current fourth year medical student at UT Southwestern. Ms. Diercks will start her journey as a resident at Stanford Health Care in California, where she plans to focus on administration and operations.Ms. Diercks has served on the Resident and Medical Student (RAMS) Board for two years as the Medical Student Representative, where she has made significant contributions to the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM). Her time on the RAMS Board has been marked by her advocacy for the member experience through her work on the Membership Committee and her efforts to foster increased medical student engagement in emergency medicine. She spearheaded an Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) survey and initiated the RAMS Regional Ambassador Program, a project designed to pair RAMS Board members with each of the SAEM regions. The aim of this program was to better support and advocate for the RAMS community, facilitate greater engagement among students interested in EM, and enhance the overall SAEM member experience.