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Geriatric Emergency Medicine Modules

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Geriatric Emergency Medicine Modules

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Author(s):  
Fredric Hustey, FACN, Robert Palmer, FACN
Sponsor: 
American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GSR)
John A. Hartford Foundation
POGOe Id: 
20457
Date Posted: 
09/07/2010
Date Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
09/07/2010
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Abstract: 

This series of interactive internet modules consists of 5 basic and 3 advanced courses in geriatric emergency care. The 5 basic modules consist of a series of case based and Socratic questions. Each module includes approximately ten questions with links to key references and brief discussions of the answers. The basic courses are offered on the following 5 topics: Altered Mental Status, Geriatric Abdominal Pain, Geriatric Trauma and Elder Abuse, Inappropriate Prescribing and Adverse Drug Events, and Pain Management and Procedural Sedation. Advanced courses allow the learner to apply the knowledge gained from the basic modules on a higher level via a case simulation format. Each case has multiple possible outcomes depending on the clinical decisions made by the participant. Advanced courses are offered on the following 3 topics: Geriatric Acute Abdominal Pain; Altered Mental Status; Geriatric Trauma/Falls.

Educational objectives: 

Upon completion of these courses, you will be able to:

ALTERED MENTAL STATUS:

  • Indicate potentially reversible etiologies of dementia
  • Identify features of delirium
  • Recognize pitfalls in the management of older emergency department patients with altered mental status


GERIATRIC ABDOMINAL PAIN:

 

  • Apply a broad differential diagnosis for the older patient with acute abdominal pain
  • Identify short term mortality risk of older emergency department patients with acute abdominal pain
  • Identify difficulties encountered in diagnosing abdominal pain in older patients


GERIATRIC TRAUMA AND ELDER ABUSE

 

 

  • Indicate three events that account from approximately 75% of all trauma-related morbidity and mortality in older patients
  • Identify characteristics of cervical spine injury in the older trauma patient
  • Recognize the differences between outcomes of older patients cared for in trauma centers to those in nontrauma centers
  • Identify pitfalls in the evaluation of older patients with acute hip fracture


INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING AND ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS:

 

 

  • Indicate appropriate and inappropriate medications for elderly patients in the emergency department
  • Identify emergency department diagnoses associated with an increased risk of inappropriate prescribing in older patients
  • Recognize the role of renal function in the selection of medication dosages for older patients


PAIN MANAGEMENT AND PROCEDURAL SEDATION:

 

  • Identify how physiologic changes associated with aging can impact pain management and procedural sedation
  • Recognize commonly prescribed analgesics and sedatives that should generally be avoided in older patients
  • Identify appropriate pharmacologic options for pain management and procedural sedation in older patients in the acute care setting
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 

If you have previously created an account to login to the Basic GEM courses by emailing COMET, please contact COMET again at [email protected]  to have your new login account merged with your prior login account.

Content Categories: 
Caring for the Older Adult
Geriatric Syndromes
Care Settings & Models
Intended learner audience: 
Fellow
Medical Student Clinical
Practicing Physician/CME
Resident
Geriatric Competencies: 
2 MM: Identify medications that should be avoided
7 CBD: Perform and interpret a cognitive assessment
18 ATYP: Diagnose based on unique presentations of common conditions
Other Learning Resource Type: 
Web module
Discipline/specialty: 
Emergency Medicine
Already Expired Email Date: 
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 8:54pm
Already Expired Email 1 month date: 
Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 8:34am
Expired Email Date: 
Friday, March 30, 2018 - 1:22pm
Contact Person/Corresponding Author:
Dr. Fredric Hustey [email protected]


Suggested Citation:
Dr. Fredric Hustey and Dr. Robert Palmer. Geriatric Emergency Medicine Modules. POGOe - Portal of Geriatrics Online Education; 2010 Available from: https://pogoe.org/productid/20457

Comments

Submitted by Don Melady on

I've found the quizzes extremely helpful -- I've incorporated some of them into my resident teaching -- excellent.