Psychiatric emergencies / edited by Eileen Baker.
- 其他作者：
- 其他題名：
- What do I do now?.
- 出版： New York, NY : Oxford University Press c2022.
- 叢書名： What do i do now, emergency medicine.
- 主題： Psychiatric emergencies. , Emergency Services, Psychiatric. , Crisis Intervention.
- ISBN： 9780197544464 (pbk.): NT1539 、 0197544460
- 一般註：Includes bibliographical references and index. Clearly Suicidal and Not Talking -- We Need Labs and an EKG... -- Naked and Afraid -- Take a Chill Pill -- Compassionate Restraint in the ED -- The SAFE-T Wasn't On -- Risky Business -- Danger in the Mirror -- No License to Kill -- "Patient Is "Out of Control!" -- Two for the Price of One -- "My Neighbors are Harassing Me" -- The Fatigued IT Worker -- An Energetic College Student -- A Different Type of ABCs -- The Deadly D's of the Elderly -- Spiraling Out of Control -- Things are Not Always What They Seem -- Just Another Case of Gastro -- The Refeeding Dilemma -- "Everything Hurts and I'm Weak, Doc" -- Helping the Homeless in the Emergency Department: Historical Perspectives and -- Approaches to Care -- Suicidal Ideation with Vague and Contradicting History -- Down on the Farm -- You're Staying, Whether You Like It or Not -- Sick From Waiting -- Down With Disease Access to Mental Health Care -- I Would Like to Phone a Friend -- Right Into the Danger Zone. Case Reports.
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- 系統號： 000318796 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
Part of the "What Do I Do Now?: Emergency Medicine" series, Psychiatric Emergencies uses a case-based approach to cover common and important topics in the examination, investigation, and management of psychiatric emergencies. It is an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases which clinicians can utilize when they encounter challenging situations and difficult psychiatric patients.
摘要註
"A 38-year-old married woman is brought to the emergency department by EMS. The EMTs report that she had been talking about having suicidal ideation and wanting to kill herself. She also complains of nausea and vomiting. You have been called to examine her. As you approach her stretcher, you notice that she has long, dark hair that looks matted and somewhat disheveled. She looks pale and is gripping a bowl. As you step to her side , she sits up, bends over the bowl and throws up liquid material, with a trace of bright red blood. You wait until she is done, and ask her: "Can I help you?" She looks at you for a split second and then puts her finger down her throat and induces vomiting. She then slides down on the stretcher, feet hanging off the edge and begins to moan. She does not answer, and does not look at you. You ask again: "You must feel very nauseous. Is there anything I can do to help you?" She barely looks at you, just groans, and once again puts her finger in her mouth to initiate the gag reflex. She hugs the bowl, throws up clear liquid, and continues to heave. She then turns away from you and stops responding to your offer to help"--
