Patient Safety Tool: Geriatric Treatment in the ED

The American College of Emergency Physicians, American Geriatrics Society, Emergency Nurses Association and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine collaborated to create a set of guidelines for treating geriatric patients in the emergency department.

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The guidelines outline best practices for proper staffing and administration, transitioning care, staff education, quality improvement and equipment and supplies necessary for this patient population.

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It also includes sample policies, procedures and protocols that can be implemented in any ED.

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