ACS: Defense mechanism - First Aid Flashcards
Defense mechanims are
things you do (coping methods)
Reaction formation
Transfer on drive to opposite expression
Displacement
act out of emotion on someone else
Denial
No feelings (addict)
Repression
Ignore feelings (co dependent)
Regression
act younger
Prjection
give undeisrable trait away “blame game”
Rationalize
excuse the behavior
Transference
transfer emotions toward doctor (parents, lovers etc)
Sublimation
replace socially unacceptable behavior with a mroe accepotable but similar one “make the crime sublime”
Personality Disorder
Things you are. “In Between) neurotics and psychotics. Support therapy is recommended
Narcissim
love selve (me, myself and I)
Avoidant
Feels inadequate, isolates
Paranoid
Believes everyone is out to get them
Phobic
Afraid of a particualr thing, event, etc
Schizotypal
Peculiar dress, magical thinking and beliefs
Passive-Aggressive
Forgets on purpose (disguised anger)
Histrionic
Overly dramatic, victim, seductive, drama queen
Borderline
Lacks primary tinking process, manipulates facts, (on planet/off planet)
Phychotherapy
Analyze underlying issues
Milieu therapy
lifestyle change, vacation, in-patient, halfway house, etc
ECT
used for severe depression
Generalization
many different stimulus lead to the same response, slow exposure
Humanisic
physhotherapy, focused on self actualization and personal growth (Gestalt, client oriented, etc)
Maslow
Hierarchy of needs - Abraham Maslow (physiological needs - self actualization)
Freud
Dream analysis, free association, hypnotherapy, unconcious entities: A. ID (kid, unconcious primitive) B. EGO (reality, control) C. SUPER EGO (unconcious conscience, guilt)
Jeung
Psychoanalysis (student of Freud)
Behaviorist
Environmental controls over behavior, habits, training.
Behavioral medicine
Desensitization, flooding, aversion, reinforcements shaping
Behavioral medicine tools
A Aversion - associate behavior with *negative conbsquences (antabuse (pill) for alcoholics) B. Avoidance - Avoid person, place things associatid with behavior C. Conditioning
Types of Conditioning
Classical, Modeling, Operant
Classical Conditioning
“Pavlov” response programed to stimulus
Modeling
Environment, influence, Video, Music
Operant Conditioning
(Skinner) “Pay offs” to change behavior. Stimulus and response ane unrelated Negative rewards - learned the fastest. Postitive rewards - last longest
SC
IQ Adult
WISC
IQ children
MMPI
Personality (Minnesota)
Rorschach
Ink blot (projective)
MMSE
memory and mental status
ABCs
Assessment/Airway - evaluate conciousness and condition, check airway. Breathing - Jaw thrust / 2 puffs / reposition / 2 puffs. Circulation - check pusle, CPR
CO2 poisoning
Cyanosis
CO poisoning
Cyanosis w/ cherry red lips
CA - MRSA
Community Associated MRSA. Kids, atheletes, skin, lungs
MRSA
Multiple Resistant Staph aureus. Hospital, nursing home, debilitaded, joints
Fractures
Do not approximate, immobilize in position found
Head injury
Determine if concious with sharp stim on foot
Heat
Cramps, exaustion (elevated temp, cool, wet skin) stroke (elevated temp, hot dry skin)
Burns
1st - red, 2nd - blister, 3rd - desquamation
Anaphalactic shock
allergy related swollen tongue
Hypovolemic shock
fluid loss
Hemmorhaggic
blood loss
Early shock
Restless or iritable, cool clammy skin andrapid pulse
Late shock
Thready pusle shallow rapid breathing blue skin dialated pupils
Shock sign of impending death
Decreased blood pressure
Concious Choking w/ and w/o sound
w/ sound do not help, w/o sound = heimlich
Unconcious Choking Infant and adult
Infant - back blows, finger sweep Adult - abdominal thrusts (just above umbilicus)
Antidotes
MC ipecac, mildest: salt water, safest for Acid/alkaline: water, universal: activated charcoal Never give emetic for gasoline,
Never use activated charcoal for
Alcohol, ethanol methanol, iodine, boric acid and alkalies, lithium and metalic compounds, sulpher, DDT
