Peer 9 - psych Flashcards
Step-wise manner of managing a violent patient?
verbal deescalation
show of force
sedation
physical restraint
Reasons for an altered patient?
AEIOU TIPS
alcohol, acidosis electrolytes, epilepsy, endocrine, enceph, environment insulin, intussusception overdose, opiates uremia trauma, temp, tumor infection psychogenic, poisoning, psych shock, seizure, stroke, shunt, syncope
what is conversion disorder associated with?
recent stressor
what is one classic finding of conversion disorder that can also be associated with an organic cause?
la belle indifference
duration of panic attacks?
onset and peak within a few minutes
what is AMS, delirium, and aggressiveness?
excited delirium
nearly all patients with excited delirium exhibit what?
high pain toleranfe
management of excited delirium?
benzos
what makes atypical antipsych better than typial?
better at negative sx of psych, less likely to cause EPS
time frame for sexual assault exam?
<72 hours or <96 hours
tx/management of patient with LSD intox?
benzos
