Responding to Psychological Emergencies: A Field Guide - Softcover

Woodall, S. Joseph; Thomas, Jeffrey

 
9781401878078: Responding to Psychological Emergencies: A Field Guide

Synopsis

Field Guide for Psychological Emergencies is a quick reference source for rapid intervention and mitigation of psychologically-based field emergencies. The guide provides a user-friendly, cross-referenced, pragmatic reference guide to a variety of psychological maladies that are encountered by emergency services personnel and a variety of other public service professionals. The field guide can also be used as a supplement to the main texts used to cover Module 4, Medical Emergencies which addresses behavioral emergencies at the EMTBasic level and the content in Module 6, Special Considerations of the DOT National Standard Curriculum.

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Review

SECTION ONE: 1.Goals 2.Using this guide 3.Approaching patients; SECTION TWO: (COLOR CODE RED), 1.Mood Disorders 2.Psychotic Disorders 3.Cognitive Disorders 4.Anxiety Disorders 5.Substance Abuse Disorders 6.Suicide 7.Child & Adolescent Disorders 8.Stress Related Disorders 9.Personality Disorders 10.Physical Symptoms & Psychological Factors; SECTION THREE: MEDICATIONS (COLOR CODE BLUE) 1.Anti-Psychotic Medications 2. Mood Stabilizers 3. Anti-Depressants 4. Anti-Anxiety 5. Anti-Cholinergice 6. Psychostimulants 7. Anti-Hypertensives; SECTION FOUR: EMOTIONAL FIRST AID (COLOR CODE GREEN) 1. Brief Mental Status Exam 2. Lethality Assessment 3. Brief Medical History 4. Brief Psychological History 5. Crisis Intervention SECTION FIVE: GLOSSARY

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