EMS Considerations For Responding To Psychiatric Emergencies

BOC Domains of Athletic Training: Domain II - Examination, Assessment and Diagnosis Domain Ill - Critical Incident Management Domain V - Healthcare Administration and Professional Responsibility Presentation Description: This presentation shifts the focus to EMS considerations when responding to psychiatric emergencies in athletic settings. It provides valuable insights into recognizing the indications for physical restraint when athletes experience behavioral emergencies. The session emphasizes the importance of implementing restraint techniques safely and reasonably, ensuring the well-being of athletes. Additionally, it explores the critical roles of law enforcement and medical direction in managing behavioral-emergency situations. Learning Objectives: Recognize Indications for Physical Restraint in Athletes with Behavioral Emergencies. Implement Safe and Reasonable Techniques during the Restraint Process in Athletic Scenarios. Understand the Role of Law Enforcement and Medical Direction in Behavioral-Emergency Situations. Clinical Practice Gap Statement: The sports emergency landscape has traditionally prioritized physical injuries over psychiatric emergencies, leaving a gap in the EMS considerations for behavioral issues in athletes. This absence of focus translates into challenges for athletic trainers, who often find themselves unprepared in situations that require implementing restraints or collaborating with law enforcement and medical professionals. Standardized protocols and inter-professional coordination are often lacking, exacerbating the issue. Clinical Bottom Line Statement: In the management of psychiatric emergencies within athletic settings, comprehensive EMS considerations are not just beneficial but essential. These include not just the identification of situations warranting physical restraint but also the careful and ethical execution of such restraint techniques. Moreover, effective liaison with law enforcement agencies and medical advisors is integral to delivering well-rounded, safe, and effective care to athletes in crisis. Summary Conclusion Statements: The ability to correctly identify the need for physical restraint is a cornerstone in managing behavioral emergencies among athletes. Mastery of safe and ethical restraint techniques is indispensable for athletic trainers, ensuring athlete well-being while mitigating legal risks. Understanding and actively engaging with law enforcement and medical advisors significantly elevates the quality of emergency psychiatric care in athletic settings.

      Caitlin Place came to know athletic training as so many others do, through an injury of her own during high school sports. With a new passion for the field, she attended the University of Northern Iowa. She completed an athletic training internship at Mayo Clinic, passed her BOC, and graduated from UNI in 2016 with her bachelor’s degree in athletic training. Caitlin is currently in her eighth year as an athletic trainer, and has worked in a variety of settings, including an orthopedic clinic, out-patient physical therapy, and high school and junior college outreach with a multitude of sports. Currently, she is the athletic trainer for Jackson County Central in Jackson, Minnesota, the very high school where she was first introduced to sports medicine. In addition to athletic training, Caitlin’s other passion is emergency medicine. She has been an EMT for two years, and was a first responder for a year before that. She has been able to use her dual credentials to update local EMS protocols on cold water immersion for heat stroke, and train both the ambulance service and hospital emergency department on football equipment removal. She also uses her online presence to educate on the role and importance of athletic trainers, and as a result, has appeared on two athletic training podcasts. She also hopes to obtain paramedic knowledge and credentials someday. When not indulging in her work passions, Caitlin loves reading, playing board games, helping with the local church youth group, and spending time with her husband Riley, their four-year-old daughter, three-month-old son, and three large dogs.

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