Emergency Response Procedures Flashcards
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A client presents to a session intoxicated and expresses intent to drive home. What is the LPCC's primary obligation?
Answer: Take reasonable steps to prevent the client from driving, including contacting law enforcement if necessary
The clinician has a duty to take reasonable steps to prevent foreseeable harm to the client and to third parties, which may include contacting law enforcement if the client insists on driving.
What is the PRIMARY purpose of a written safety plan developed collaboratively with a suicidal client?
Answer: To provide the client with a structured, personalized guide for managing suicidal crises
A collaborative safety plan is a client-centered crisis tool that identifies warning signs, coping strategies, support contacts, and steps for escalating help during a suicidal crisis.
During a telehealth session, a client suddenly becomes unresponsive and appears to have lost consciousness. What is the MOST appropriate immediate action?
Answer: Call 911 and provide the client's address for emergency dispatch
An unresponsive client during telehealth constitutes a medical emergency; the clinician must immediately call 911 and provide the client's physical address to dispatch emergency services.
Which of the following is an example of a 'passive suicidal ideation' presentation that still requires clinical assessment?
Answer: A client who states, 'I wouldn't mind if I just didn't wake up tomorrow'
Passive suicidal ideation, such as wishing to be dead without an active plan, still indicates significant distress and requires a thorough risk assessment.
A client reports their partner has threatened to harm them. The LPCC's first step should be to:
Answer: Assess the client's immediate safety and develop a safety plan
Assessing the client's immediate safety and co-creating a safety plan are the foundational first steps when a client discloses intimate partner violence threats.
The Tarasoff ruling established that clinicians have a duty to protect identifiable third parties from threats made by their clients. Which element is MOST essential for this duty to be triggered?
Answer: The threat is serious, credible, and directed at an identifiable victim
Tarasoff and subsequent case law require that the threat be specific, serious, credible, and directed at an identifiable person for the duty to warn/protect to be activated.
When completing a no-suicide contract, research suggests this intervention is MOST problematic because:
Answer: It may create a false sense of security and lacks empirical support for preventing suicide
No-suicide contracts are not empirically supported as effective suicide prevention tools and may create complacency in the clinician's ongoing risk monitoring.