The Geriatric ED: Structure, Patient Care, and Considerations for the Emergency Department Geriatric Unit
The emergency department (ED) is a unique medical care environment with many challenges. Aging populations increasingly use the ED as an acute and chronic treatment site given the accessibility and resources inherent to emergency provider staff. Given the challenges of emergency medical practice, pa...
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Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)
2014-06-01
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| description | The emergency department (ED) is a unique medical care environment with many challenges. Aging populations increasingly use the ED as an acute and chronic treatment site given the accessibility and resources inherent to emergency provider staff. Given the challenges of emergency medical practice, particularly with limited interaction time and awareness for each patient, older patients are at a relatively high risk for inadequate or insufficient comprehensive care at these sites. This article discusses a number of considerations for the development of a unique elderly patient treatment space and care approach in the modern ED. A geriatric-specific approach should incorporate opportunities to enhance patient encounters by alterations in the traditional physical treatment space, the approach to medical and traumatic evaluations, neurocognitive functional assessment, and decision support for medical care and disposition following the ED visit. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce8ec410ae044019a4b82306e2d50c732022-12-21T17:48:00ZengTaiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)International Journal of Gerontology1873-95982014-06-0182565910.1016/j.ijge.2014.01.002The Geriatric ED: Structure, Patient Care, and Considerations for the Emergency Department Geriatric UnitJohn H. BurtonJanet YoungCarol A. BernierThe emergency department (ED) is a unique medical care environment with many challenges. Aging populations increasingly use the ED as an acute and chronic treatment site given the accessibility and resources inherent to emergency provider staff. Given the challenges of emergency medical practice, particularly with limited interaction time and awareness for each patient, older patients are at a relatively high risk for inadequate or insufficient comprehensive care at these sites. This article discusses a number of considerations for the development of a unique elderly patient treatment space and care approach in the modern ED. A geriatric-specific approach should incorporate opportunities to enhance patient encounters by alterations in the traditional physical treatment space, the approach to medical and traumatic evaluations, neurocognitive functional assessment, and decision support for medical care and disposition following the ED visit.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959814000301emergency departmentemergency medicinegeriatrics |
| spellingShingle | John H. Burton Janet Young Carol A. Bernier The Geriatric ED: Structure, Patient Care, and Considerations for the Emergency Department Geriatric Unit International Journal of Gerontology emergency department emergency medicine geriatrics |
| title | The Geriatric ED: Structure, Patient Care, and Considerations for the Emergency Department Geriatric Unit |
| title_full | The Geriatric ED: Structure, Patient Care, and Considerations for the Emergency Department Geriatric Unit |
| title_fullStr | The Geriatric ED: Structure, Patient Care, and Considerations for the Emergency Department Geriatric Unit |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Geriatric ED: Structure, Patient Care, and Considerations for the Emergency Department Geriatric Unit |
| title_short | The Geriatric ED: Structure, Patient Care, and Considerations for the Emergency Department Geriatric Unit |
| title_sort | geriatric ed structure patient care and considerations for the emergency department geriatric unit |
| topic | emergency department emergency medicine geriatrics |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959814000301 |
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