[Rescue Missions with Patients with Psychiatric and Psychosocial Symptoms: An Analysis from Eastern Lower Saxony]. / Notfallrettungseinsätze mit Patient*innen mit psychiatrischer oder psychosozialer Symptomatik: eine Analyse aus Ostniedersachsen.
Psychiatr Prax
; 2024 May 29.
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| ID: mdl-38810903
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Characterization of medical emergencies of patients with psychiatric symptoms or in psychosocial crisis.METHODS:
Analysis of emergency medical services (EMS) mission logs from four German EMS stations of patients aged 12-65 from 2019 to 2020.RESULTS:
23.4% of missions involved patients with psychiatric or psychosocial symptoms (1.6% psychotic, 3.0% suicidal, 7.1% psychosocial crisis, 15.7% intoxicated). On average, these patients were younger than those with other symptoms. 48.9% exhibited additional somatic complaints. The COVID-19 pandemic showed only little impact on the frequency of such emergencies.CONCLUSION:
Psychiatric and psychosocial symptoms account for a significant proportion of rescue missions in our sample. Managing psychiatric and psychosocial emergencies should be an integral part of the training of medical and paramedical staff.
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Psychiatr Prax
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2024
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