Behavioral in psychiatric emergencies in suicide
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| 6872056551 | Behavior | is defined as the manner in which a person acts or performs it involves activities of a person including physical and mental attributes | 0 | |
| 6872056552 | Behavioral emergency | Went to patient's behavior is not typical for the situation when the patient's behavior is unacceptable are intolerable to the patient , when patient may harm himself or others, his family or community, within a given situation | 1 | |
| 6872056553 | Excited delirium | Bizarre or aggressive behavior shouting, paranoia, panic, violence towards others, insensitivity to pain, Unexpected physical strength, and hyperthermia, usually associated with cocaine or amphetaamine use, also called (agitated delirium) | 2 | |
| 6872056554 | Positional asphyxia | In adequate breathing or respiratory arrest calls by bodies position that restricts breathing | 3 | |
| 6872056555 | Physical causes of altered mental status | Low blood sugar, lack of oxygen, stroke, or inadequate blood to the brain, head trauma, mind altering substance, environmental temperature extremes | 4 | |
| 6872056556 | Situational stress reactions, typical stress reactions by an accident or a serious illness or death could be display emotions such as | Fear, grief, anger | 5 | |
| 6872056557 | Acute psychosis | Has a card when the patient develops one or more of the following symptoms hallucination(are inappropriate sensory observations such as visions our voices) delusions( are falsely held beliefs such as paranoia the believe that one is being persecuted when that is not the case) catatonic( is characterized by either an almost complete noninteraction with the environment or wild and completely inappropriate movements and interactions), or a thought disorder(impacting patient's ability to process information into communicate and can calls and usual speech patterns are strange writings) | 6 | |
| 6872056558 | Things to remember in emergency care for behavioral and psychiatric emergencies | Identify yourself a your role. Speak slowly and clearly. Use a calm and research reassuring tone. Make eye contact with the patient. Listen to the patient. You can show you are listening by repeating part of what the patient says back to him. Do not be judgemental. Show compassion, not Pity. Use positive body language. Avoid crossing your arms are looking uninterested. Acknowledge the patients feelings. Do not enter the patient's personal space. Stay at least 3 feet away from the patient. Making the patient feel closed in can cause an emotional outburst. Be alert for changes in the patient's emotional status. Watch for increasingly aggressive behavior, and take appropriate safety precautions Use restraints to prevent harm if necessary. | 7 | |
| 6872056559 | What are common presentations are signs and symptoms of patients experience psychiatric emergencies | Panic are anxiety, unusual appearance, disordered clothing, poor hygiene, aggravated or unusual activity, such as repetitive motions, threatening, are withdrawn stance, unusual speech patterns, such as to rapid or pressured sounding speech (as if being forced out) , Or an inability to carry on a coherent conversation, breeze Bizzarre behavior or thought patterns, suicidal or self-destructive behavior, violent or aggressive behavior with threats or intent to harm others. | 8 | |
| 6872056560 | What is reasonable force in restraint used for and why | It's necessary to keep a patient from injuring himself or others it is determined by looking in all circumstances involved including patient strength and size type of abnormal behavior mental status and available methods of restraints | 9 | |
| 6872056561 | What's the purpose of a neurotransmitter | To help the electrical impulses travel from one neutron across the synapse to the next nerve cell | 10 | |
| 6872056562 | Medications like Prozac Paxil and Zoloft or a class of medications called seratonin selective reuptake inhibitor's, what are they used for and why | Used to treat depression and other mental disorders by elevating the patient's mood,,,,, this is done by preventing the reuptake of the neurotransmitter seratonin | 11 | |
| 6872056563 | What are risk factors of suicide | Depression, high current or recent stress levels, recent emotional trauma, AGE 15 to 25 and over 40, (alcohol and drug abuse), threats of suicide, suicide plans, previous attempts of suicide threats, history of self-destructive behavior, sudden improvement from depression. | 12 |
