Psychiatric & Behavioral Disorders
Tracking # 20-1352189
Course overview
Objectives Describe common psychiatric and behavioral disorders encountered by EMS Explain scene safety and EMS provider safety with aggressive patients Explain common medications and treatment options prescribed for psychiatric and behavioral disorders Content Information Covered Introduction Prevalence Medical legal considerations Safety Pathophysiology Biological Organic Environment Psychosocial Sociocultural Injury and illness Substance related Abuse Dependence Intoxication Medication non compliance Understanding behavior Normal Abnormal Overt Violent Acute psychosis Pathophysiology Related to mental illness Organic psychosis Signs and symptoms Prehospital management Non pharmacologic Pharmacologic Agitated delirium Pathophysiology Risk factors Signs and symptoms Management Specific behavioral psychiatric disorders Cognitive disorders Thought disorders Schizophrenia Psychosis Mood disorders Bipolar Depression Neurotic disorders Substance related disorders addictive behavior Somatoform disorders Factitious disorders Fastidious disorders Impulse control disorders Personality disorders Suicide Patterns of violence abuse and neglect Assessment findings for behavioral psychiatric patients Mental status exam MSE Physiological changes Medical social history Consider if patient is danger to self and or others Consider medical causes of acute crises Providing empathetic and respectful management Communication techniques Crisis intervention skills Medications Use of force restraints chemical physical tasers Pharmacodynamics of prescribed medications for behavioral psychiatric disorders Amphetamines Antidepressants Antipsychotic Phenothiazines Problems associated with non compliance Emergency use Consider age related variations in pediatric and geriatric patients Communication to medical facility and documentation Transport decisions
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Florida Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Medical Technician
Paramedic
Disclosure statements
Conflict of Interest Statement
- A conflict of interest occurs when an instructor has a financial, legal, commercial, and/or professional relationship with organizations or the employees working for said organization, that could influence the level of instruction you receive. The instructor of this course has no conflicts of interest and has been properly vetted prior to creating this material to ensure the information being shared is accurate, relevant, and up to date.
Post-Course Quiz Performance and Compliance
- At the conclusion of this course you will be required to attempt and pass a quiz. The minimum passing score for the quiz is 70%. You will have three attempts to pass the quiz. If you are unsuccessful at passing the quiz on the third attempt, you will be required to watch the CE course over in its entirety.