Computer or App based learning - Designed for your convenience

4 hours CPD 1 day online emergency mental health grant

Module 1: Risks Associated with Deliberate Self harm  

• Assessing suicidal risk in the Emergency Department
  • Risk stratification has been taught for a decade or more - but it isn't evidence based and it doesn't work!
  • Learn instead about a program that reduces repeated suicide attempts by 35%
• Strangulation and Hanging
  • Learn to recognize the one factor that increases a person's risk of death by 800 times.
  • What investigations are essential? 
  • One surprising idea to consider with the EMR/discharge summary.

Module 2: Risks Associated with Alcohol and Other Drugs

• Poppers and Whippets N2O Alkyl nitrates Abuse
  • Learn  the four key investigations and five keys to management
• Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome
  • Learn what reduces the symptoms, and the only way to cure it
• Management of stimulants
  • Learn the 7 step management process
• Adolescent Addiction
  • Learn the 5 A's of brief intervention
• Dealing with Drug Seeking
  • Avoiding risk / threat
  • The Hustler
  • Misunderstood chronic pain patient
  • Member of staff / colleague

Module 3: Risks Associated with Violent behaviour  

• Occupational Violence Duty of Care
  • Learn what one regional ED did to decrease the need for physical restraint by 80%
• Managing behaviours of concern in the Paediatric ED
  
  • 15 year old, versus 12 year old, versus 6 year old, versus 2 year old.
  • What strategies should you use with children with intellectual difficulties?
• Dealing with difficult people
  • Strategies for dealing with difficult colleagues or patients
• The management of acute agitation in the emergency setting
  • Deescalation, chemical and physical restraint

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