Vol. 5, Issue 4, Part C (2019)

Abstract
Introduction: Emergency is a situation or a set of unforeseen circumstances which need immediate intervention. Psychiatric emergency is a stress induced pathologic response that physically endangers the affected individual or others or that significantly disrupts the functional equilibrium of individual or his or her environment and calls for immediate intervention whereas medical emergency is one which endangers the life of individual. Psychiatric emergency need active urgent intervention as they are harmful not only to the patient but also to the society. Methods Research Approach: Evaluative research approach. Research design used was one group pretest and post-test design. The conceptual framework based on theory of Goal Attainment model was used for the study which is designed by Imogene. M. King’s (1958). The setting for this study was the selected areas of District hospital and Shridevi hospital. Convenient Sampling technique was used for 60 health care workers working in selected hospital at the time of data collection in selected hospitals at Tumkur. The tool developed which includes,