82. Excited delirium

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Garbage diagnosis or do we just not have robust research yet? We step outside of our lane a bit to examine the medical and legal literature on this phenomenon that has plagued the deaths of marginalized communities in evolving ways over the decades. We explore what actual delirium is, who supports this “diagnosis,” and how it is being used by first responders who are trained on it.

RESOURCES

  • American College of Emergency Physicians. “White Paper Report on Excited Delirium Syndrome.” Prison Legal News, 10 Sept. 2009, www.prisonlegalnews.org/media/publications/acep_report_on_excited_delirium_syndrome_sept_2009.pdf. Accessed 1 Nov. 2021.

  • Baldwin, Simon, et al. “Adverse Outcomes in Non-Fatal Use of Force Encounters Involving Excited Delirium Syndrome.” Police Practice and Research, 4 Aug. 2021, pp. 1–15, 10.1080/15614263.2021.1958682.

  • Bearak, Barry. “Eerie Deaths of 17 Women Baffle Miami.” Newspapers.com, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 1989, www.newspapers.com/image/405381657.

  • Cool Zone Media. Behind the Bastards. I Heart Media, 4 May 2021.

  • CSLA Staff. “Long Beach Police and Fire Departments Using Sedative on Suspects in State of ‘Agitated Delirium’ as Part of Pilot Program.” Los Angeles CBS Local, 1 Sept. 2021, losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/09/01/long-beach-police-and-fire-departments-using-sedative-on-suspects-in-state-of-agitated-delirium-as-part-of-pilot-program/. Accessed 28 Oct. 2021.

  • KARNOWSKI, Steve. “EXPLAINER: Why Is ‘Excited Delirium’ Cited at Chauvin Trial?” AP NEWS, 20 Apr. 2021, apnews.com/article/thomas-lane-trials-minneapolis-racial-injustice-death-of-george-floyd-caae372d7d448d251c8dcb18130b2862. Accessed 30 Oct. 2021.

  • Kliem, ByVon, et al. “New Study: Excited Delirium, Injury, and Use of Force.” Force Science Institute, 18 Aug. 2021, www.forcescience.org/2021/08/new-study-excited-delirium-injury-and-use-of-force/. Accessed 28 Oct. 2021.

  • Paquette, Mary. “Excited Delirium: Does It Exist?” Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, vol. 39, no. 3, July 2003, pp. 93–94, 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2003.00093.x. Accessed 29 Oct. 2021.

  • Storey, Michael. “Explaining the Unexplainable: Excited Delirium Syndrome and Its Explaining the Unexplainable: Excited Delirium Syndrome and Its Impact on the Objective Reasonableness Standard for Allegations Impact on the Objective Reasonableness Standard for Allegations of Excessive Force of Excessive Force.” Saint Louis University Law Journal, vol. 56, no. 2, 2012, p. 2012, scholarship.law.slu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1379&context=lj. Accessed 7 Nov. 2021.

  • Tampa Bay Times. “Rapist, Murder Suspect Dies of AIDS.” Tampa Bay Times, 7 Oct. 2005, www.tampabay.com/archive/1994/09/26/rapist-murder-suspect-dies-of-aids/. Accessed 1 Nov. 2021.

  • UPI Archives. “A Lion Which Mauled and Chewed Eugene Raymond Leduc...” UPI, 17 Oct. 1980, www.upi.com/Archives/1980/10/17/A-lion-which-mauled-and-chewed-Eugene-Raymond-Leduc/4536340603200/. Accessed 30 Oct. 2021.

  • Vilke, Gary M., et al. “Excited Delirium Syndrome (ExDS): Defining Based on a Review of the Literature.” The Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 43, no. 5, 1 Nov. 2012, pp. 897–905, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21440403/, 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.02.017. Accessed 16 Oct. 2020.

  • Vilke, Gary M., et al. “Excited Delirium Syndrome (ExDS): Treatment Options and Considerations.” Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, vol. 19, no. 3, Apr. 2012, pp. 117–121, 10.1016/j.jflm.2011.12.009.

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