Risk, Capacity & Safeguarding — Flashcards

Flashcard 11: Self harm can present with _____ themselves with hot objects & interfering with wound healing

Answer: burning

Flashcard 12: Which occupations are historically noted for having high suicide rates? \n_____

Answer: Construction workers and Healthcare workers

Extra: Suicide rates vary by region and gender within professions. In many high-income countries, construction and extraction workers have the highest rates among males, while healthcare professionals often have significantly higher rates compared to the general population.

Flashcard 13: Patients presenting with self-harm are managed through different services based on their needs, including the _____

Answer: emergency department, community mental health teams, crisis resolution teams, primary care services, and specialist liaison psychiatry teams

Flashcard 14: Self harm and suicide is most common in the ages of ~_____-25

Answer: 15

Flashcard 15: What is the most important management of vascular dementia? _____

Answer: Optimising cardiovascular risk factors

Flashcard 16: A section _____ allows police to remove a person from public property and relocate them to a Place of Safety

Answer: 136

Flashcard 17: Sections 135 and 136 last for _____

Answer: 24 hours

Flashcard 18: The common causes of delirium can be remembered by the DELIRIUMS mneumonic: D - _____ E - Eyes, ears and emotional L - Low output state I - Infection R - Retention (urine or stool) I - Ictal U - Under-hydration/nutrition M - Metabolic S - Subdural, Sleep deprivation

Answer: Drugs and Alcohol

Flashcard 19: Which sections are used by police? _____ & 136

Answer: 135

Flashcard 20: A section _____ allows police to remove a person from private property and relocate them to a Place of Safety

Answer: 135