Thank you Dallas Earnshaw, APRN, CNS, BS; Lance Earnshaw, OMS III; Jamon Hemingway, OMS IV for participating in this presentation.
This presentation addresses reasons for the pause in podcasts and the approach the Utah State Hospital has used to reduce the risk to patients in a high risk setting.
The benefit for students in terms of the shelf exam is limited. For students interested in an example of excellent medical leadership, this is a very meaningful podcast.
One additional note, The comments about risk to patients were based on this article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5157923/ Population based evidence suggests that antipsychotic use reduces mortality for people who have schizophrenia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19595447/ Unforunately, people that have schizophrenia have higher mortality rates than the general population and are at higher risk based on those factors as well as factors related to being in an enclosed facility that is much like a nursing home.
