GEMS February 2017

Care of the Elderly

Lead Organiser: Liam Swains
​Support: Blair Graham

What's on the Program?

Geriatric EM..a subspecialty?

Discussion

Paper 1
Paper 2

Good Clinical Practice

Refresher Course will be provided

Journal Club Article

The Changing face of major trauma in the UK

Kehoe A, Smith JE, Edwards A, et al.
​Emerg Med J 2015;32:911–915. 

RCEM Top 10 Research priorities 2017:

Q2: ​Is a traditional ED the best place to care for frail elderly patients? Would a dedicated service for these patients be better (involving either a geriatric ED, or geriatric liaison services within the ED), or given that this population is expanding should our current services be tailored towards this group? 

Other resources

The Silver Book
​http://www.heftemcast.co.uk/the-hector-course-manual-foamed/
https://em3.org.uk/gem/
http://www.eugms.org/research-cooperation/special-interest-groups/geriatric-emergency-medicine.html
https://emergencymedicinecases.com/episode-34-geriatric-emergency-medicine/
http://geri-em.com/
https://www.aliem.com/2015/geriatric-emergency-medicine-for-students-residents-and-physicians/
​​https://gempodcast.com/