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

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.

1. Introduction
2. Credibility
3. Confidence
4. Rapport
5. Expectation
6. Directives (An Overview)
7. Images
8. Believability
9. Literal Interpretation
10. Enthusiasm
11. Managing "Pain" ("Discomfort")
12. Stopping Bleeding
13. Cardiovascular Emergencies
14. Hypnotic Treatment for Burns
15. Respiratory Diseases
16. Anaphylaxis
17. Childbirth and Pediatric Emergencies
18. Psychological Emergencies
19. Self-Hypnosis
20. The Planetary Emergency

Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs), Ph.D., Ed.D., is the author of more than 20 books on wellness, education, and Indigenous worldview. A former firefighter/EMT and Vice President of the Northern California Society of Clinical Hypnosis, he is currently a professor of educational leadership for change at Fielding Graduate University. Reach him at www.fourarrowsbooks.com.

Bram Duffee, Ph.D., is a full-time paramedic, researcher, and speaker from Houston, Texas, who teaches interpersonal communication and leadership. As a specialist in conversation analysis, he examines paramedic interactions with the goal of improving emergency healthcare. He is currently a Research Fellow with the Institute for Social Innovation at Fielding Graduate University. Reach him at www.BramDuffee.com.