KNR 180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, First Aid, Head Injury
20 Apr 2017
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Behavior is how a person acts, abnormal behavior may be the result of a psychological or a physical condition, behavior that leads to violence or other inappropriate activities is known as a behavioral emergency. Drugs: common reasons for behavioral changes. Bipolar: caused by chemical imbalance in the brain, persistent sad, anxious, or empty moods, decreased energy, difficulty concentrating, remembering. A(cid:455), (cid:862)you look ver(cid:455) sad. (cid:863: appetite and/or weight loss or overeating and weight gain, restlessness, irritability, persistent physical symptoms, any willful act that ends one"s life, common methods. Tenth reported leading cause of death in the united states. State that many people have periods of unhappiness, but can be helped. Self-inflicted wounds: peaks during spring months. Lowest in northeast; highest in mountain states: about 60% of those who attempt suicide have previously attempted suicide. Try to keep person on phone until ems personnel reach the scene.
