TY - JOUR
T1 - Older Adult Falls in Emergency Medicine—A Sentinel Event
AU - Carpenter, Christopher R.
AU - Cameron, Amy
AU - Ganz, David A.
AU - Liu, Shan
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - Standing-level falls represent the most frequent cause of trauma-related death in older adults and a common emergency department presentation. However, these patients rarely receive guideline-directed screening and interventions during or following an episode of care. Reducing injurious falls in an aging society begins with prehospital evaluations and continues through risk assessments and interventions that occur after emergency department care. Although obstacles to emergency department-initiated, evidence-based older adult fall reduction strategies include the absence of a compelling emergency medicine evidence basis, innovations underway include validation of screening instruments and incorporation of contemporary technology like smart phones to improve fall detection rates.
AB - Standing-level falls represent the most frequent cause of trauma-related death in older adults and a common emergency department presentation. However, these patients rarely receive guideline-directed screening and interventions during or following an episode of care. Reducing injurious falls in an aging society begins with prehospital evaluations and continues through risk assessments and interventions that occur after emergency department care. Although obstacles to emergency department-initiated, evidence-based older adult fall reduction strategies include the absence of a compelling emergency medicine evidence basis, innovations underway include validation of screening instruments and incorporation of contemporary technology like smart phones to improve fall detection rates.
KW - Accidental fall
KW - Emergency department
KW - Emergency medical services
KW - Geriatric
KW - Implementation
KW - Trauma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050120269&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cger.2018.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.cger.2018.04.002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30031421
AN - SCOPUS:85050120269
VL - 34
SP - 355
EP - 367
JO - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
JF - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
SN - 0749-0690
IS - 3
ER -