Ch.23 Behavioral health emergencies

Question 1

Behavior

Answer 1

what you can see of a person’s response to the environment; their actions

Question 2

Behavioral crisis

Answer 2

PT exhibits agitated, violent, uncooperative behavior, or are a danger to themselves/others

Question 3

Behavioral health emergency

Answer 3

PTs agitation or violence, become threat to themselves or others, more serious
inappropriate behavior, severe impairments to ability to perform daily living

Question 4

Psychiatric disorder

Answer 4

illness with psychological or behavioral symptoms that may result in impaired functioning
-Anxiety

Question 5

Organic brain syndrome

Answer 5

temporary or permanent dysfunction in the brain caused by disturbance of physical or physiological functioning of brain tissue
-sudden illness, TBI, seizure, drug/alc abuse, overdose/withdrawal, disease– alzheimer, dementia, meningitis

Question 6

Functional disorder

Answer 6

physiologic disorder that impairs bodily function when body seems to be normal
-schizophrenia, anxiety, depression

Question 7

Psychosis

Answer 7

state of delusion in which person is out of tough with reality

Question 8

Schizophrenia

Answer 8

complex disorder affecting how person thinks, feels behaves.
Onset years 16-30
Cause: brain damage, genetics
Delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, lack of interest in pleasure, erratic speech

Question 9

Delirium

Answer 9

disorientation, hallucinations, delusions
agitation

Question 10

Excited delirium

Answer 10

agitated delirium/ exhaustive mania
hyperactive irrational behavior
-hypertension, hyperthermia, tachycardia, diaphoresis, dilated pupils

Question 11

Positional asphyxia

Answer 11

physical position restricts chest wall movements or causes airway obstruction
-restraint

Question 12

PTSD

Answer 12

Trigger and reliving the event