A new study found that brief cognitive behavioral therapy for suicide prevention – when delivered remotely via video telehealth – reduces suicide attempts and suicidal ideation.
https://t.co/ibSiB9t8Ws
#acep24 off to a great start at the geriatric preconference! I learned from so many great programs. Is ISAR the best tool for screening? Should we inform people if we have a concern for cognitive impairment? Diagnosis it? Come to more #geriED events to learn more!
Congratulations to @CUAnschutz@DenverHealthMed & 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.
https://t.co/zApudZILE3
📢 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:
https://t.co/bOMRhVIVd8
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 https://t.co/hY5NinChKZ
Our paper out today in @JAMANetworkOpen estimates the household firearm ownership rate (HFR) by geographic and demographic subgroups of the population of US adults, 1990-2018. 🧵
https://t.co/KflpnHS1op
Who is more likely to be found at fault when a car hits a pedestrian? According to a new @OhioState study, the built environment – especially the types of roads & the amount of access to marked crosswalks – plays a major role. https://t.co/cWhz7xZVBY
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 @ https://t.co/Zu30Hv7J2l
EM Physician Dr. Panchal’s @AshPanchalMD multidisciplinary clinical research work with the Center to STOP-COVID demonstrates the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants in the high impact journal @cellhostmicrobe#OSUEMResearch#COVID19#StopCOVID
https://t.co/2K5ZJRwj0l
@DanyaKhoujah No evidence for anticholinergics for treatment of benign positional vertigo! 😵💫 Stop giving older adults potentially harmful medications and start referring them to vestibular physical therapy. Thanks @DanyaKhoujah and team
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?