Assessment of an Older Emergency Department Patient – 10 Key Points

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Master geriatric-specific diagnostic considerations in the assessment of an older adult in the emergency department.

Evaluation of vulnerable older adults in the emergency department.

Perform an efficient and effective evaluation of a vulnerable older adult in the emergency department.

  1. Master geriatric-specific diagnostic considerations in the assessment of an older adult in the emergency department.

  2. Assess the bio-psycho-social needs of a vulnerable older adult in the emergency department.

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“Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines”.  Jointly published by AGS, SAEM, ENA, and ACEP in 2013. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24746437)

Isaacs, Eric.  “Palliative Care in the ED: Don’t Just Do Something…Stand There”. www.ucsfcme.com/2014/mem14001/slides/11IsaacsPTPalliativecareintheed.pdf.

Lawson, BJ et al. “Palliative Care Patients in the Emergency Department”. J Palliative Care. 2008 Winter; 24 (4):247-55.

Rosenberg, Mark et al. “Palliative Medicine and Geriatric Emergency Care”. Clin Geriatric Med 29 (2013) 1-29.

Sanders, A. B., & Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (U.S.). (1996). Emergency care of the elder person. St. Louis: Beverly Cracom Publications.

 

This GFF ___ my competence in geriatrics.

Adam Perry, MD

Geriatrics Fellow, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care

Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

 

Michael Malone, MD

Medical Director, Aurora Senior Services & Aurora at Home

Geriatrics Fellowship Director, Aurora Sinai Medical Center

Clinical Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health