TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - The suicidal crisis in emergency departments
JO  - Soins: la Revue de Reference Infirmiere
A1  - Delmas, Christophe
A1  - Wallach, Chloé
SP  - 33
EP  - 35
VL  - 62
IS  - 814
N2  - Professionals working in emergency departments have an important role to play in assessing and orienting suicidal patients. A patient's suicide risk must be assessed using the 'Risk-Emergency-Dangerousness' grid. The main objective of the initial care is to buy time in order to avoid the patient attempting suicide. Enabling the patient to return home accompanied by a close friend or family member after their visit to the emergency department must be favoured whenever possible, by proposing close monitoring.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 0038-0814
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soin.2017.02.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -