Chapter 23, Behavioral Health Emergencies
After students complete this chapter and the related course work, they will be able to recognize behaviors that pose a risk to the EMT, patient, or others and the basic principles of the mental health system. Additionally, students will have the knowledge and skills to successfully assess and manage patients suffering from a behavioral health emergency within the legal parameters of their scope of practice.
0:00 Introduction
0:10 National EMS Education Standard Competencies (1 of 2)
0:37 Introduction
0:58 Myth and Reality (1 of 3)
2:29 Defining a Behavioral Crisis (1 of 3)
3:56 The Magnitude of Mental Health Disorders 10
4:00 The Magnitude of Mental Health Disorders (1 of 5)
4:38 The Magnitude of Mental Health Disorders 3 of
5:56 Pathophysiology (4 of 4)
7:40 Safe Approach to a Behavioral Crisis
8:00 Scene Size-up (1 of 3)
9:08 Primary Assessment (1 of 4)
9:35 Primary Assessment (2014)
9:50 Primary Assessment (3 of 4)
10:26 History Taking (1 of 3)
13:24 Reassessment (3 of 3)
14:33 Acute Psychosis (1 of 5)
16:03 Excited Delirium (106)
18:20 Restraint 1018
22:49 The Potentially Violent Patient (2 of 5)
23:20 The Potentially Violent Patient (5 of 5)
24:36 Suicide (1 of 5)
25:29 Suicide (4 of 5)
26:04 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Returning Combat Veterans (6 of 8)
29:06 Medicolegal Considerations (5 of 5)
31:16 Review