1. What factors determine whether to call 9-1-1? 2. How is a mandated reporter different from the average citizen?

3. Who can benefit from support groups in the community?

4.Is depression a lifelong condition? Explain your answer.

5. How do medical professionals determine what kind of technology to use when diagnosing illness?

6. Describe a situation in which an emergency helicopter might be used even through a hospital was not far away.

7. Explain why it is important that even young children learn to dial 9-1-1.

8. Why is it a good idea to call a hotline if you are not sure whether what you have witnessed is actually abuse?

9. Give an example of a reason a person would choose to see a mental health professional even though there is not a medical problem.

10. How might an individual’s substance abuse problem impact friends and family?

1. A person's life is in immediate danger, a condition that could become worse on the way to the hospital, conditions are making it difficult to get to the hospital

2. A mandated reporter is someone who is legally required to report any signs or symptoms of abuse that they see. ... Average citizens aren't legally obliged to report any signs or symptoms of abuse that they see but it is still important that they do report it if they see any signs or symptoms.

3. Participating in a group provides you with an opportunity to be with people who are likely to have a common purpose and likely to understand one another. Benefits of participating in a support group may include: Feeling less lonely, isolated or judged. Reducing distress, depression, anxiety or fatigue.

4. It can be a lifelong condition, especially if you can't get help. It could keep you trapped there in the state for life.

5. This content builds on earlier Institute of Medicine (IOM) work, including the report Health IT and Patient Safety: Building a Safer Health System (IOM, 2012a). That report emphasized that health IT functions within the context of a larger sociotechnical system involving the technology itself, the people who work within the system, the workflow (or actions and procedures clinicians are anticipated to perform as they deliver care), the organization using the technology, and the external environment. Box 5-1 includes the recommendations from the 2012 report; this chapter’s text references these recommendations where relevant.

6.A situation in which a helicopter might be used even though a hospital is nearby, is if someone needs an organ transport and the organ was at a different hospital. The emergency helicopter would deliver the organ to the patient.

7.It's important that even young children learn to dial 9-1-1 because if their guardian or who ever is watching them is having a medical problem and they are unable to call themselves, the child might be able to save the persons life.

8. To expalin it to them and so they can help you understand if its abuse or not.

9.Therapy is so much more than sitting on a couch.  Misconceptions abound about what it means to talk to a mental health professional. The need to talk about your emotions is seen as something to poke fun at, weak or shameful. That stigma is often why people don’t seek help in the first place.

10. Could be having family and friends being pushed away because of the substance thats being used. 

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