Continuing Mobile Education - Psychosocial Issues
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
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Continuing Mobile Education for EMS Providers is a video vodcast-based education program that includes interviews from physicians, EMTs, paramedics, and patients to help the EMS Provider give patients better care. The program was created to address the need for more "on-demand" educational opportunities for EMS Providers. Each month, a new block of four 10-minute vodcasts is posted to the program website, http://mlrems.org/page.php?55. In the Psychosocial Issues block of podcasts, you will learn about elder abuse and neglect, psychology and aging, barriers to transporting the older prehospital patient, and strategies to access social services for prehospital patients.
Episode 1: Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Participants will define elder abuse
- Participants will define elder neglect
- Participants will name strategies for identifying elder abuse and neglect
- Participants will describe key physical exam points in identifying abuse
- Participants will understand key documentation points
Episode 2: Psychology and Aging
- Participants will understand some of the psychological changes associated with aging
- Participants will understand the prevalence of mental illness among older adults
- Participants will recognize the importance of screening for depression in older adults
Episode 3: Barriers to Transporting the Older Adult
- Discuss some of the reasons why older adults do not wish to be transported to the hospital
- Understand strategies to sensitively encourage older adults to accept transport to the emergency department
Episode 4: Accessing Social Services for Geriatric Patients
- Learn strategies to determine when a social services evaluation is appropriate
- Become familiar with the types of services available to older adults
- Understand the positive impact a proper social services referral can have
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