Prehospital Behavioral Emergencies and Crisis Response (Prehospital)
$74.95
Subject: Psychology
Author: Mitchell, Jeffrey T
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Date Published: 12-2008
ISBN: 0763751200 | EAN: 9780763751203
BasicBinding: Paperback
Features: Bibliography, Index, Illustrated, Table of Contents, Glossary | Pages: 298
Annotation: Prehospital Behavioral Emergencies and Crisis Response offers prehospital providers and mental health professionals a comprehensive resource on effectively handling behavioral emergencies ranging from large-scale disasters, to substance related emergencies, to psychotic disorders. This timely text also provides prehospital providers with suggestions for coping with job-related stress. The text incorporates well-known information-gathering tools such as SAMPLE and OPQRST, as well as two essential new tools for evaluating patients in a behavioral emergency: the SEA-3, a brief and simple assessment tool designed specifically for gathering information about a patients mental status, and the SAFER-R model, a simple, yet thorough tool designed to help the emergency responder devise a quick and easy treatment plan to helping those in crisis.
Prehospital Behavioral Emergencies and Crisis Response offers prehospital providers and mental health professionals a comprehensive resource on effectively handling behavioral emergencies ranging from large-scale disasters, to substance related emergencies, to psychotic disorders. This timely text also provides prehospital providers with suggestions for coping with job-related stress. The text incorporates well-known information-gathering tools such as SAMPLE and OPQRST, as well as two essential new tools for evaluating patients in a behavioral emergency: the SEA-3, a brief and simple assessment tool designed specifically for gathering information about a patients mental status, and the SAFER-R model, a simple, yet thorough tool designed to help the emergency responder devise a quick and easy treatment plan to helping those in crisis.
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