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Emergencies in the Geriatric Patient from Steven Atkinson

Faculty:Steven Atkinson

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Changes in Mental Status During Cardiovascular Crisis: Are They Normal?
Don’t Be Fooled by PolyPharmacy Hazards, Abuse, and Neglect, and More…

You WILL NOT attend a better conference on geriatric emergency than this one, I GUARANTEE IT! Join Steven Atkinson, PA-C, MS, a renowned author, lecturer, and specialist on geriatrics, for a lively seminar packed with engaging case studies, thought-provoking debates, and hands-on learning. You’ll leave this session with useful skills you may use the following day!

You won’t want to miss this session if you work with geriatric patients. You will learn how to prepare for and deal with a wide range of situations that affect the senior population in this one-day course. Learn how to spot the weaknesses that make elderly people more susceptible to disease and harm. Create plans for putting interventions into action that will help your patients avoid issues. You must be ready to correctly assess and manage your patient in case of an adverse medication event, a fall injury, or cardiac issues. Learn how to better care for older patients by attending this lecture.

OUTLINE

Finding Vulnerability in Elderly People

Typical Chronic Underlying Illness
Joint pain, high blood pressure, heart disease, and vision loss
Atypical Elderly Presentation
The Septic Afebrile Patient
The Delay with CXR’s Pharmacology
Pharmaceutical Interactions
Top ten medications to avoid nutritional deficiencies
Falls and Environmental Dangers
Delirium vs. Dementia
The Lesson You Should Never Forget!

Emergencies in Neurology

The “Million-Dollar” Work-Up for Syncope Vasovagal, TIA, and CVA
TIA: Why Cerebrovascular Diseases Can Be Deceptive
Assessment techniques that doctors employ for TIA vs. CVA
Internal bleeding assessment techniques
Seizures of the “Golden Hour”

Emergency Orthopedic Cases

Significant orthopedic fractures
Defined, presented, and treated for compartment syndrome in the spine, ribs, pelvis, and femur

gastrointestinal emergencies

Diverticulitis, GI Hemorrhage, Pancreatitis, Bowel Infarction, and Ectopic

A contagious illness

Bacteremia/Septicemia
The “Never-Ending” UTI Antibiotic Resistance Timing

Emergency Cardiovascular Care

Heart-related Shock
Re-hospitalizations for AMI/CHF Acute Coronary Syndromes
Lab Tests for Tropoinin, CK-MB, and Others
Outcomes and Protocols
Presentation of Heart Failure
Treat the patient’s cardiac arrhythmias rather than the lab results.
Identification of Serious Arrhythmias
Differentiating “Old-School” and “New-School” Treatments for Venous Thromboembolic Disease

respiratory conditions

respiratory embolism
Sign for Watermark, Hampton’s Hump
Using “Old-School” and “New-School” treatments, the S1, Q3, and T3 findings
Diagnostic Tests for Pneumonia Viral Pneumonia

Emergencies relating to the kidneys

Nephrolithiasis, Electrolytic Disorders, and Acute Renal Failure

Neglect and Abuse

Clinical PEARLS Risk Factors: Don’t be deceived by your obligations or family involvement

OBJECTIVES

Differentiate between the pathologic and etiologic causes of each emergency that was covered.
Create diagnosis and treatment strategies for the conditions presented.
Determine the weaknesses that elderly people have that make them more vulnerable to crises
Create strategies to lessen the risk of elder fall injuries.
Compile the physiological and physical causes of mental status shifts.
Recognize the symptoms of various medications’ impact on elderly individuals.
Create methods to spot abuse and neglect.

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