After students complete this lesson and the related course work, they will be able to recognize behaviors that pose a risk to the EMT, patient, or others and understand the basic principles of the mental health system. Additionally, students will have the knowledge and skills to successfully assess and manage patients experiencing a psychiatric emergency within the legal parameters of their scope of practice.
0:00 Introduction
0:12 National EMS Education Standard Competencies (1 of 2)
1:01 Introduction
1:27 Myth and Reality (3 of 4)
2:52 Defining a Behavioral Crisis (1 of 5)
4:38 The Magnitude of Mental Health Disorders (5 of 5)
6:34 Pathophysiology (2 of 4)
8:27 Safe Approach to a Behavioral Crisis (2 of 3)
9:31 Scene Size-up (1 of 3)
10:35 Primary Assessment (1 of 4)
12:06 History Taking (2 of 3)
13:54 Secondary Assessment (1 of 3)
15:56 Reassessment (3 of 3)
17:47 Acute Psychosis (1 of 5)
19:15 Excited Delirium (6 of 6)
22:06 Restraint (1 of 10)
27:30 The Potentially Violent Patient (4 of 5)
29:27 Suicide (2 of 5)
31:03 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Returning Combat Veterans (6 of 8)
35:31 Medicolegal Considerations (5 of 5)
38:02 Review (1 of 2)
38:58 Review (2 of 2)
