Hypnotic Communication in Emergency Medical Settings: For Life-Saving and Therapeutic Outcomes

Description

This fascinating book demonstrates how hypnotic communication has the potential to improve patient outcomes in emergency care, integrating insights on the connection between mind and body for paramedics and other first responders. Providing a step-by-step guide to using these skills around a range of contexts, from managing pain to cardiovascular emergencies to burns to respiratory distress, the book asks paramedics and first responders to become aware of what they say to patients, as well as how they say it. It offers ways to allow targeted communication to complement standard medical procedures, creating a symbiotic rapport that will provide the basis for an improved outcome for the patient. Fully referenced and based on a robust range of evidence, the book is written by an active paramedic with over 20 years’ experience with a Ph.D. in Human Development with a focus on paramedic decision-making; and a professor with doctorates in Health Psychology and Education who field tested the skills as a professional EMT. This book will interest any professional working in emergency care, including paramedics, EMTs, trauma nurses, and psychiatric nurses. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part I 1 Credibility 2 Confidence 3 Rapport 4 Expectation Part II 5 Directives (An Overview) 6 Images 7 Believability 8 Literal Interpretation 9 Enthusiasm 10 Managing "Pain" ("Discomfort") 11 Stopping Bleeding 12 Cardiovascular Emergencies 13 Hypnotic Treatment for Burns 14 Respiratory Diseases 15 Anaphylaxis 16 Childbirth and Pediatric Emergencies 17 Psychological Emergencies 18 Self-Hypnosis 19 The Planetary Emergency Index