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ForwardBehavioral Emergencies Wind Crest
This class will cover what constitutes a behavioral emergency, how to perform an exam on a patient, how to identify factors when assessing suicide risk, how to secure a distressed patient, restraint use, and briefly describe various psychological conditions.
Target Audience
This course is designed for those providers currently working under the medical license of Dr. James Kempema.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this class, the student will be able to:
1. Explain what constitutes a behavioral emergency.
2. Identify potential causes for behavioral and psychiatric illness.
3. List three critical principles that should be considered in the prehospital care of a patient with a behavioral emergency.
4. Outline key elements of the prehospital patient examination during a behavioral emergency.
5. Describe effective techniques for interviewing a patient during a behavioral emergency.
6. Differentiate key symptoms and management techniques for selected behavioral and psychiatric disorders.
7. Identify factors the paramedic must consider when assessing a suicide risk.
8. Formulate appropriate interview questions for determining suicidal intent.
10. Describe the assessment of a potentially violent patient.
11. Outline measures that may be used to try to safely diffuse a potentially violent patient situation.
12. List situations in which patient restraint can be used.
13. Discuss the key principles of patient restraint.
14. Describe safety measures that should be taken when patient violence is anticipated.
Primary Instructor - Arthur "Lee" Meyer, A.S., EMT-P, CCP, I.C.
This course is accredited through the State of Colorado and NREMT.
Available Credit
- 2.00 Medical