Emergency Medicine

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PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES Section XVI ...

438 Psychiatric Emergencies DELIBERATE SELF-HARM DIAGNOSIS 1 The most common met hod of deliberate self-harm is by acute poisoni ...

Violent Patient Psychiatric Emergencies 439 (f) cognition with a Mini-Mental State Examination (see Table 2.7 on p. 83) (g) insi ...

VIOLENT PATIENT 440 Psychiatric Emergencies (iii) Withdrawal syndromes from alcohol or barbiturates. (iv) Hypoglycaemia, includi ...

Psychiatric Emergencies 441 Alcohol and Drug Dependency and Abuse Alcohol and drug withdrawal DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT 1 Patient ...

ALCOHOL AND DRUG DEPENDENCY AND ABUSE 442 Psychiatric Emergencies 4 Sometimes, alcohol-dependent patients themselves request hel ...

Involuntary Detention Psychiatric Emergencies 443 (i) Give salicylate or paracetamol for mild to moderate pain, and methadone or ...

Further Reading 444 Psychiatric Emergencies (iv) The person is lacking the capacity to consent to be assessed or has unreasonabl ...

ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL ISSUES Section XVII ...

446 Administrative and Legal Issues Excellence in emergency department care The aim is to provide excellence in emergency depart ...

DESIRABLE HABITS OF THE GOOD EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DOCTOR Administrative and Legal Issues 447 (i) Statements may subsequently be ...

DESIRABLE HABITS OF THE GOOD EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DOCTOR 448 Administrative and Legal Issues 2 Write a letter, keeping a copy in ...

DESIRABLE HABITS OF THE GOOD EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DOCTOR Administrative and Legal Issues 449 11 Finally, appreciate the stress a ...

Triage 450 Administrative and Legal Issues 3 Therefore, adopt the following strategies to minimize your medicolegal risk: (i) Al ...

Consent, Competence and Refusal of Treatment Administrative and Legal Issues 451 3 Children and patients who are in pain may be ...

CONSENT, COMPETENCE AND REFUSAL OF TREATMENT 452 Administrative and Legal Issues (i) Thus competence incorporates the elements o ...

Police, Coroner and Attending Court Administrative and Legal Issues 453 (i) They may receive treatment under common law if there ...

POLICE, CORONER AND ATTENDING COURT 454 Administrative and Legal Issues 4 A police medical officer or police surgeon may then ta ...

POLICE, CORONER AND ATTENDING COURT Administrative and Legal Issues 455 injury, drowning, poisoning, surgery, abortion, infancy, ...