Prehospital behavioral emergencies and crisis response /

Prehospital behavioral emergencies and crisis response / AAOS, Dwight A. Polk, Jeffrey T. Mitchell ; Benjamin Gulli, medical editor. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2009. - xiv, 295 p. : ill. - EMS continuing education series . - EMS continuing education series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vital views: the importance of crisis and behavioral emergencies training -- Crisis intervention principles for prehospital personnel -- Assessment in the prehospital environment -- Responding to the emotional crisis -- Assisting large groups -- Emergency response to violent events -- Suicide: an extraordinary case of violence -- Supporting victims of death-related crises -- Crisis intervention in disasters and other large-scale incidents -- Developmental disorders diagnosed in infancy, childhood, and adolescence -- Delirium, dementia, and amnestic disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Psychosis and schizophrenia -- Mood episodes and disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Dissociative disorders -- Eating disorders -- Sleep disorders -- Personality disorders -- Sustaining staff.

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Crisis Intervention--methods
Emergency Treatment--psychology

WM 401 / P923 2009