Your department finds that half of patients ultimately diagnosed with a primary psychiatric disorder are first assessed by an ED doctor. A proposed change is direct mental health referral from triage for patients who appear to have a mental health problem.
List four (4) criteria that should be met before a patient is transferred directly to psychiatric services.
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You introduce a psychiatric triage reference card. List two (2) features that distinguish category one psychiatric patients from lower triage categories.
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List six (6) suicide risk factors that should be assessed in a brief ED risk assessment.
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You plan to introduce the Confusion Assessment Method at triage. State the four (4) clinical features used to rapidly identify delirium.
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