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Mental Health / Mental Emergencies First Aid

Date:  this blog came out some time before year 2017.  A facebook blog app ceased to function, and MEDIC's back-up captured the content but not the date of writing.

 

 

I (MEDIC instructor Matt) recently took a Mental Heath First Aid course (only $25), and found it to be a very good class.  I took the Adult version (there's a Youth version as well). I recommend taking it; you can find one at www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org  In Charlottesville, VA, Region Ten offers it, phone 434-970-1282

 

Part of the course is to learn an acronym for the steps on how to treat someone suffering a mental health emergency.  After much thought I created the following acronym which I find to be more helpful:

 

SLEH:

S = Suicide or Self-injury risk?

L = Listen

E = Empathize

H = Help them by offering to assist with some daily life tasks, and/or referring them to higher-trained Help, family/friend/peer Help, or self-Help outlets.  A bonus H is seeing if you can give them Hope.

 

As usual, for those of you who have taken a dWFA course, the Patient Assessment System elements apply, in particular AMPLE History and Vital Signs (especially important for someone with a possible alcohol / drug overdose)

 

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Jan. 16-17, 2021:

Norfolk area, VA

Jan. 23-24:

Farmville, VA

Jan. 30-31:

Harrisonburg / Staunton area, VA

Feb. 20-21:

Richmond, VA

Wilmington area, NC

Feb. 27-28:

Norfolk area, VA

Mar. 6 - 7:

Chattanooga area, TN

Spring weekends t.b.d., tentative:

CO Springs, CO

Denver, CO

Grand Junction, CO

Greeley, CO

Indianapolis, IN

Mar. 20-21:

Charlottesville, VA

Mar. 27-28:

Norfolk area, VA

Washington DC area

Apr. 10-11:

Lexington, VA

PhiladelphiaPA area

Apr. 24-25:

Richmond, VA

Triangle area west, NC

May 8 - 9 or 15-16:

Charlottesville, VA

May 15-16:

Norfolk area, VA

May 22-23:

Triangle area, NC

May 29-31 (3 days):

Mountains retreat above Blacksburg, VA

June 5 - 6:

Washington DC area

June 19-20:

Charlottesville, VA

June 26-27:

Advanced WFA Pt II, Old Fields, WV

Sep. 4 - 6 (3 days):

Mountains retreat above Blacksburg, VA

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