Psychosocial Issues MD0549

DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LESSON 1
	Section I. IDENTIFY A SUSPECTED SUBSTANCE ABUSER
		1-1. GENERAL
		1-2. TERMS COMMONLY USED IN SUBSTANCE USE
		1-3. CATEGORIES OF COMMONLY ABUSED SUBSTANCES
		1-4. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
		1-5. PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING AND REFERRING A SUSPECTED SUBSTANCE ABUSER
	Section II. CARE FOR AN OVERDOSE PATIENT
		1-6. OBTAIN PATIENT'S HISTORY
		1-7. CARE FOR THE PATIENT
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 2
	PROVIDE INITIAL CARE FOR A CASUALTY SUFFERING FROM COMBAT STRESS REACTION
		2-1. GENERAL
		2-2. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
		2-3. TYPES OF STRESS IN COMBAT
		2-4. COMBAT STRESS REACTION--BATTLE FATIGUE
		2-5. PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 3
	APPLY RESTRAINING DEVICES TO PATIENTS
		3-1. GENERAL
		3-2. PRINCIPLES OF APPLICATION OF RESTRAINING DEVICES
		3-3. HAZARDS OF RESTRAINTS
		3-4. PREPARE AND APPLY RESTRAINTS
		3-5. APPLY RESTRAINTS
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 4
	REFER FOR TREATMENT A POTENTIALLY SUICIDAL PATIENT
		4-1. GENERAL
		4-2. TERMS COMMONLY USED IN RELATION TO A POTENTIAL SUICIDAL
		4-3. DEPRESSION
		4-4. CRISIS DEVELOPMENT
		4-5. SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
		4-6. EXAMPLES OF METHODS OF SUICIDE
		4-7. APPROPRIATE INTERVENTION ACTION
		4-8. CLOSING
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 5
	MANAGE BEHAVIORAL EMERGENCIES
		5-1. GENERAL
		5-2. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
		5-3. POSSIBLE PRECIPITATING FACTORS/CAUSES OF DISORIENTED, CONFUSED, AND/OR VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
		5-4. ACUTE ALCOHOL INTOXICATION
		5-5. DISORIENTATION
		5-6. VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
		5-7. MANAGEMENT OF ARMED, VIOLENT PATIENT
		5-8. USE OF RESTRAINTS
		5-9. CLOSING
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 6
	IDENTIFY THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
		6-1. GENERAL
		6-2. REACTIONS OF HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL TOWARD TERMINALLY ILL
		6-3. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO THE DYING PROCESS
		6-4. COPING WITH DEATH AND DYING IN A COMBAT ENVIRONMENT
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 7
	PROVIDING POSTMORTEM CARE
		7-1. GENERAL
		7-2. PROVIDING POSTMORTEM CARE IN A HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT
		7-3. PROVIDE POSTMORTEM CARE FOR BATTLEFIELD CASUALTIES
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS