EMSP 1255 - Advanced Behavioral Emergencies

1. Life Span Development
   1. Infancy
   2. Toddler
   3. School Age
   4. Adolescent
   5. Early adulthood
   6. Middle adulthood
   7. Late adulthood
2. Therapeutic communications
   1. Communication
   2. Interviewing
   3. Factors affecting communication
   4. Non-verbal skills
   5. Special interview situations
3. Psychiatric
   1. Anatomy and physiology
   2. Epidemiology
   3. Pathophysiology
   4. Psychosocial impact
   5. Prognosis and management
      1. Acute psychosis
      2. Agitated delirium
      3. Addictive behavior
      4. Mood and thought disorders
      5. Factitious disorders
      6. Neurotic disorder
      7. Organic psychosis
      8. Patterns of violence/abuse/neglect
      9. Personality disorders
      10. Psychosomatic disorders
4. Cultural Diversity
   1. Cultural diversity in patient population
   2. Changing community demographics
   3. Personal cultural identity
   4. Health traditions/religious laws
   5. Communication skills
   6. Cultural diversity issues
5. Death and Dying
   1. Legal documents
   2. Grief stages
   3. Imminent death
   4. Communication skills with grieving individuals
   5. Paramedic role
   6. Role of mortician/death investigators
   7. Diverse practices regarding death and dying
   8. Hospice
   9. End of life issues

1. compare physiological and psychosocial characteristics during the various stages of the life span.
2. define cultural diversity.
3. demonstrate an awareness of changing community demographics.
4. determine personal cultural identity.
5. differentiate various health traditions versus western practices.
6. develop communication skills in culturally diverse patient populations.
7. discuss the inter-relationships between stress, coping, and illness.
8. identify benefits of critical incident stress debriefing.
9. identify causes and sources of behavioral emergencies.
10. identify sources of stress and anger in the paramedic work environment.
11. recognize indicators of imminent death.
12. utilize verbal techniques to manage the emotionally disturbed patient.

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