With cases of mental health illness on the rise, it is increasingly crucial that ambulance clinicians and paramedics feel empowered in their ability to assess and manage a variety of conditions. This resource provides the foundation of knowledge you need to navigate often-fraught situations with sensitivity and confidence.
Encouraging an interactive approach, critical thinking, and practical application to reinforce your learning, this guide includes and covers:
A range of mental health presentations (including post-traumatic stress disorder, psychosis, and addiction)
Patients with complex needs (learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, dementia)
Guidance on risk assessment and safety
The nuances of the legal framework surrounding mental health and mental capacity
Nine case studies, eight reflective exercises, seven workbook activities and further clinical tips.
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Höhe: 297 mm
Breite: 210 mm
Dicke: 8 mm
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978-1-85959-966-2 (9781859599662)
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Terry Simpson, who currently works in an urgent and emergency mental health care NHS strategic transformation role, began his career as a mental health nurse 22 years ago. Working nationally across the ambulance sector, Terry was previously a Mental Health Lead at South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust. With a background in adult mental health and crisis resolution teams, Terry also has extensive experience in education, patient care and improving ambulance mental health crisis response plans. Terry joined the ambulance service wanting to improve patient experience, pathways, collaboration and joined-up services for patients presenting in crisis. He feels passionately that anyone in mental health crisis should have equal access to urgent and emergency care in a way comparable to any medical life-threatening emergency. Terry believes it is crucial to recognise that, like physical health, we all have mental health and consequently mental health is everybody's consideration.
