Congratulations to CU Anschutz Medical Campus Denver Health & first author Dr. Sarah Wendel on her publication on how a digitally embedded hospice and palliative care ED pathway - which benefits patients - can also improve operations.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38039564/

📢 Check out GEMS-Rx in AnnalsofEM

◼️A useful older adult high-risk prescription list to be used by practicing clinicians and also investigators conducting ED medication safety research

50 days free access:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1il1Fib7EM7pA

Using the most restrictive definition (≥3), almost one in two older adult ED patients with suspected pneumonia experienced functional decline including one in five discharged patients. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

Our paper out today in JAMA Network Open estimates the household firearm ownership rate (HFR) by geographic and demographic subgroups of the population of US adults, 1990-2018. 🧵
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

A Periodic Table of which country produces the most of each element. [bityl.co/OCXB]

Who is more likely to be found at fault when a car hits a pedestrian? According to a new Ohio State study, the built environment – especially the types of roads & the amount of access to marked crosswalks – plays a major role. bit.ly/42HMwxN

'Patients' perceptions of micro aggressions in the ED https://uploads.disquscdn.c...' — Ken Milne disq.us/p/2wz1g85 #SGEMHOP #MemeMonday

Which implementation strategies are effective in the Emergency Department? What are the harms of implementing a new process? Learn more a paper from LSGeriatricEM about the implementation of geriatric screening tools using CFIR!

#AEM #EM #GeriEM
Read @ buff.ly/3uqaoJ6

EM Physician Dr. Panchal’s Ash Panchal, MD, Ph.D. multidisciplinary clinical research work with the Center to STOP-COVID demonstrates the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants in the high impact journal Cell Host & Microbe #OSUEMResearch #COVID19 #StopCOVID
cell.com/cell-host-micr…

New in JACEP Open by LSGeriatricEM: Inclusion of older adults and reporting of consent processes in randomized controlled trials in the emergency department: A scoping review.
#FOAM , #Geriatrics , #ClinicalTrials , #Consent
buff.ly/3EfhEsK
ACEP Members Wiley in research

To better understand our concept
#palliativecare
#palliativepeace

Goedelian Riddle :-)

October is domestic violence awareness month. Are you asking the questions? Are you screening your patients? Are you creating a safe open space for these conversations?

Don't forget to register for Advocate Aurora Health Acute Care for Elders (ACE) virtual conference taking place on November 4, 2022. EMGeriPearls SAEM EBM IG Zaldy Tan

⬇️Register here⬇️
gedcollaborative.com/event/acute-ca…

Capnography overview #MedEd #Medtwitter

A care transition intervention for #GeriED to home did not reduce ED revisits for older adults who live alone. Would be interesting to here from independent older adults about their opinion of the program- maybe they don’t perceive a need for help?

institutionalrepository.aah.org/cgi/viewconten…

Cameron Gettel MD MHS is ready to rumble on whether EDs should screen for cognitive impairment!

Want to learn more about providing palliative care to your #geriED patients? #ACEP22

PalliEM.org – At the intersection of palliative care and emergency medicine. palliem.org