TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolving Prehospital, Emergency Department, and "Inpatient" Management Models for Geriatric Emergencies
AU - Carpenter, Christopher R.
AU - Platts-Mills, Timothy F.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr Platts-Mills is supported by Award Number KL2 TR000084 and UL1 TR000083 from the National Center for Research Resources through the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Science Institute . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health, or the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Science Institute.
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Alternative management methods are essential to ensure high-quality and efficient emergency care for the growing number of geriatric adults worldwide. Protocols to support early condition-specific treatment of older adults with acute severe illness and injury are needed. Improved emergency department care for older adults will require providers to address the influence of other factors on the patient's health. This article describes recent and ongoing efforts to enhance the quality of emergency care for older adults using alternative management approaches spanning the spectrum from prehospital care, through the emergency department, and into evolving inpatient or outpatient processes of care.
AB - Alternative management methods are essential to ensure high-quality and efficient emergency care for the growing number of geriatric adults worldwide. Protocols to support early condition-specific treatment of older adults with acute severe illness and injury are needed. Improved emergency department care for older adults will require providers to address the influence of other factors on the patient's health. This article describes recent and ongoing efforts to enhance the quality of emergency care for older adults using alternative management approaches spanning the spectrum from prehospital care, through the emergency department, and into evolving inpatient or outpatient processes of care.
KW - Case management/organization and administration
KW - Emergency medical services
KW - Emergency service, hospital
KW - Geriatrics
KW - Models/organizational
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84870021514&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cger.2012.09.003
DO - 10.1016/j.cger.2012.09.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23177599
AN - SCOPUS:84870021514
SN - 0749-0690
VL - 29
SP - 31
EP - 47
JO - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
JF - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
IS - 1
ER -