This is BS (Behavioral Support Techniques) | WTF (Stress Model of Crisis) | That’s Not What I Said (trauma/brain) | Lean on Me (interventions) | Check Yo Self (risks) |
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What is DIRECTIVE STATEMENTS
Before using this technique, we must determine that the expectation is important enough to risk escalating the situation
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What is BASELINE
Normal state of functioning
(Hint: squiggly line) |
What is STUPIDIST
When we are at our angriest, we are at our ........
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What is NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
Consist of silence, facial expressions, eye contact, and tone of voice
(Hint: communicate without speaking) |
What is ASPHYXIA
Fatal respiratory arrest in which the ability to breath is compromised
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What is MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENT
Least intrusive technique
(Hint: think milieu) |
What is TRIGGER
Stressful situation or interaction that starts this whole crisis and makes the patient pop off
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What is THERAPEUTIC CRISIS INTERVENTION
What does TCI stand for?
(Hint: you automatically fail if you don’t know this answer) |
What is POWER STRUGGLE
Dropping the rope by changing the expectation is one way to end a ........
(Hint: tug of war) |
What is PROTECTIVE INTERVENTIONS
Release techniques to prevent staff from acting on instinct when attacked
(Hint: we practice these when Steve chokes you out) |
What is TIME AWAY
Does not mean isolation or banishment
(Hint: not to be confused with seclusion) |
What is ESCALATION
Patient is verbally aggressive and threatening physical violence in this phase
(Hint: in between trigger and outburst) |
What is MEANING
All behavior has.........
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What is ACTIVE LISTENING
Means to “listen for meaning” and helps a patient “talk it out rather than act it out”
(Hint: difficult to do with my attention span) |
What is PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO TOXIC STRESS
(trauma)
Higher risk of sudden death when restrained
(Hint: related to psychological pain) |
What is CARING GESTURE
Technique that communicates “I care about you and you are important to me")”
(Hint: our caring selves do this naturally all the time) |
What is OUTBURST
The patient is in survival mode and may explode in a manner that could be dangerous
(Hint: top of the model) |
What is SURVIVAL BRAIN
Part of the brain that is active during an outburst that makes us do stupid things
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What is CRISIS CO-REGULATION
What to THINK, What to DO, What to SAY
(Hint: regulators, mount up) |
What is SUPINE
(face up)
Position patient’s should be restrained once on the floor
(Hint: rhymes with porcupine) |
What is REDIRECTION AND DISTRACTIONS
A method of diverting a patient’s energy and attention to a substitute activity
(Hint: squirrel) |
What is WHAT AM I FEELING NOW?
WHAT DOES THIS PATIENT FEEL, NEED, EXPECT, OR WANT? HOW IS THE ENVIRONMENT AFFECTING THE SITUATION? HOW DO I BEST RESPOND?
Four questions we ask ourselves
(Hint: you’ve heard these 1000 times) |
What is the AMYGDALA
Determines if you should fight or flight
(Hint: very hard to pronounce) |
What is EMOTIONAL FIRST AID
A type of first aid that provides immediate support to reduce emotional intensity and keeps the patient in the activity
(Hint: The answer uses the exact words from this question just in a different order) |
What is “I CAN’T BREATHE”
Often a patient’s last words
(Hint: ‘If you’re talking than your breathing’ is a fatal misconception) |