Abstract
Caring for prehospital patients with behavioral health issues is an everyday occurrence for prehospital providers. These patient are typically challenging, but even more so when they are concomitantly suicidal and agitated. This chapter will provide an overview on best practices regarding the prehospital management of the agitated suicidal patient, important legal aspects, medical conditions to consider, verbal deescalation techniques, the Broset Violence Checklist, need to know medications for chemical intervention, and discussion regarding an extreme form of agitation called excited delirium.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Prehospital Emergency Medicine Secrets |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | 275-277 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780323722667 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780323722674 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2021 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Medicine
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