Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines Released
In response to the proliferation of geriatric emergency departments geared to patients age 65 and up, the American Geriatrics Society, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Emergency Nurses Association, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, have published a comprehensive set of Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines covering everything from staffing to education, to handling common problems of aging, such as falls, delirium and dementia. The guidelines can be found here.
In response to the proliferation of geriatric emergency departments geared to patients age 65 and up, the American Geriatrics Society, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Emergency Nurses Association, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, have published a comprehensive set of Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines covering everything from staffing to education, to handling common problems of aging, such as falls, delirium and dementia. The guidelines can be found here.