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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Attention Inpatient Providers
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000;mso-ligatures:none">Effective Monday June 1, 2026:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000;mso-ligatures:none">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The <b>new
</b>adult<b> </b>consult order: [CON180] <b>Consult to Adult Behavioral Emergency Response Team (BERT)</b> is available<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Adult patients</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> at Downtown or Community Hospital
who are violent to self or others, display agitation or aggression, psychosis with agitation, dementia, result a high VAT Score or display other behavioral symptoms are candidates for consultation.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Click this link:<span style="color:blue">
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<span style="color:blue">BERT (Behavioral Emergency Response Team): New Adult Consult Order</span></a></span> for details.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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