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Prehospital Behavioral Emergencies and Crisis Response (Continuing Education)
Prehospital Behavioral Emergencies and Crisis Response - Continuing Education Author:American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Dwight A. Polk, Jeffrey T. Mitchell 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 suggest... more »ions 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 patient s 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.« less