PREDICT executive team member Elyssia Bourke presented “Managing acute agitation in young people in the emergency setting and beyond” at The Royal Children’s Hospital Grand Rounds on 19th March 2025. Elyssia is an emergency physician and the director of emergency research at Royal Melbourne Hospital.
In recent years, the number of young people presenting with acute severe behavioural disturbance to emergency departments and within the healthcare sector more broadly has increased. Elyssia presented emerging evidence, including the results of a first in the world randomised controlled trial of oral medication for the management of these young people in the ED.
After the presentation, a panel of experts discussed case-based scenarios to assist clinicians in providing high quality care in these difficult situations.
This was an excellent opportunity to showcase the research undertaken by Elyssia as part of her PhD and the PREDICT network.