FCEM2-0992

FCEM2-0992

A 32-year-old woman has been brought into the Emergency Department by the Police with unusual behavior. She has been brought in under ‘section’. She is known to suffer from bipolar disorder, but her friend states that she hasn’t been taking her medications recently. She became agitated, violent, and aggressive after being approached by the Police and is now handcuffed. She is saying that she hears voices and that she can read people’s minds. She is refusing oral medications.
According to the NICE guidelines for short-term management of violent and aggressive patients, what should be used as the first-line for rapid tranquilization of this patient?