Broad questions presented to participants in round 1 to support the generation of statements for voting
| Question number | Question text |
| 1 | What features should UK police officers be advised are required to recognise a presentation of acute behavioural disturbance (ABD), and therefore to apply national guidance? |
| 2 | What observable features should UK custody healthcare staff, ambulance services and EDs be advised are required to recognise a presentation of ABD, and therefore apply national guidance, if clinical monitoring or clinical investigations cannot be safely achieved? |
| 3 | What clinical examination findings (eg, during assessment or examination by a clinician–nurse, emergency medical technician, paramedic, doctor or advanced clinical practitioner) should lead to UK custody healthcare staff, ambulance services and EDs recognising a presentation of ABD, and therefore apply national guidance, if it was not recognised prior to this? |
| 4 | There have been concerns raised that ABD guidance may be misinterpreted as applicable to all agitated people. What subsequent or additional information should lead to UK custody healthcare staff, ambulance service and ED providers ceasing to manage a case using ABD guidance and instead using alternative guidance? (moving from guidance recommended for ABD presentations to instead using other clinical guidelines for patients, for example, presenting with mental health problems) |
| 5 | For patients who are breathing and conscious: What features following a presentation of ABD necessitate emergency healthcare provider input? (within 20 min) |
| 6 | For patients who are breathing and conscious: What features following a presentation of ABD require urgent healthcare provider input? (within 2 hours) |
| 7 | For patients who are breathing and conscious: What features following a presentation of ABD permit non-urgent healthcare provider input? (within 4 hours) |
| 8 | For patients who are breathing and conscious: What features following a presentation of ABD suggest that observation in police custody would be safe? (care provided solely by custody healthcare staff) |