excited delirium

The American College of Emergency Physicians called its 2009 report outdated and said the term should not be used by members who testify in civil or criminal cases.

The term has been around for decades but has been used increasingly over the past 15 years to explain how a person experiencing severe agitation can die suddenly through no fault of the police.

A soldier who threw a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy around may have been afflicted with “excited delirium,” a rare brain disorder. It took at least…