Psychiatric emergency
All patients with psychoneurological diseases need qualified medical care from psychiatrists and psychotherapists. This assistance should be aimed at relieving symptoms, improving the condition and completely curing the pathology. Most patients, with the help of relatives or on their own, turn to psychiatric clinics in Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine, where they undergo subsequent outpatient or inpatient treatment.
Sometimes a patient needs emergency help from a team of specialized specialists. Relatives call an ambulance for psychiatric care, answer the operator’s questions, indicate the address of the patient, describe the features of the patient’s condition, and, if necessary, take a number of additional measures.
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In what cases it is necessary to call a psychiatric team
The MEDLUX psychiatric emergency team is called in cases where a person has acute forms of mental illnesses. In such states, a patient cannot fully control one’s own actions and objectively evaluate the world around them. The most common reasons for calling an ambulance are exacerbation of schizophrenia, depressive states, epilepsy, alcoholic delirium (delirious tremens), hard drinking, alcoholic psychosis, acute drug intoxication, senile psychosis, etc.
The manifestation of acute mental disorders, in which it is necessary to call a psychiatric emergency team in Ukraine, can be recognized by the following signs:
- Hallucinations – can be visual, auditory or tactile. Manifested in the form of emerging visual images, sounds, voices, touches, etc.;
- Inappropriate behavior – sudden mood swings, signs of aggression or aggressive actions, fits of rage, nonsensical speech, self-talk;
- Disorientation in space – the patient cannot understand where one is, may confuse places, attempts to hide from something, for example, fictional pursuers (often accompanied by aggressive behavior);
- Depressive states – accompanied by severe apathy, suicidal thoughts are possible, there is a desire to harm yourself or others.
A team of psychiatric emergency doctors in Kiev and other cities of Ukraine must be called in cases where the patient has the above symptoms, as well as if an exacerbation is suspected soon – this will allow to stop the situation in a timely manner, minimize the risks for the patient and others.
The main task of emergency psychiatric care
The key task of the doctors of the psychiatric emergency team is not to treat the disease, but to relieve acute conditions in order to stabilize the patient’s psyche, as well as prepare them for subsequent treatment. The treatment itself begins after a comprehensive examination and diagnosis in the clinic. If the patient is in a state of alcohol or drug intoxication, detoxification from drugs and alcohol is performed – this makes it possible to eliminate the physical factor of the problem. With the manifestation of an abstinence syndrome, withdrawal is also carried out and a subsequent consultation with a narcologist for the treatment of addiction. In severe cases, detoxification is not performed at home, but in the clinic’s hospital.Start Your Treatment Today
First of all, emergency psychiatric care is aimed at stopping mental arousal that can lead to undesirable or dangerous consequences, including suicide attempts or unreasonable aggression against other people.
The tasks of the team of psychiatric emergency doctors of MEDLUX in Kyiv include:
- Stopping the causes of symptomatic manifestations of acute mental states;
- Normalization of the mental and physiological state of the patient;
- Minimization of the use of physical force and means of fixation the patient;
- Formation of a therapeutic regimen for treatment and subsequent recovery of the patient.
The cost of calling an ambulance for psychiatric care
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At home (Kyiv) 6000 uah
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At home (Kyiv region) 6600 uah
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In a clinic from 8000 uah
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Day hospital 4500 uah
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Departure of the ambulance crew Kyiv 5000 uah
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Departure of the ambulance crew Kyiv region 5600 uah
Emergency psychiatric care at home in Kyiv – MEDLUX
Clinic “MEDLUX” provides psychiatric emergency care in Kyiv and Kyiv region 24/7. The operational team of highly qualified specialists is always on duty and ready to respond to a call at any moment. An emergency departure of ambulance doctors is carried out a few minutes after receiving the signal – this allows you to provide qualified assistance as quickly as possible, even in the most remote areas. Do you have questions or do you need to urgently call an ambulance for psychiatric help? Contact MEDLUX by phone or in any other convenient way!
Author Brednev Ivan
Psychiatrist, narcologist
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