Challenges in geriatric trauma care

Geriatric Trauma Care: Challenges Facing Emergency Medical Services

Isaac Chu, BA, MPH*, Federico Vaca, MD, MPH**, Sam Stratton, MD, MPH** Bharath Chakravarthy, MD**, Wirachin Hoonpongsimanont, MD**, Shahram Lotfipour, MD, MPH** *Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA **Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA Correspondence: Shahram Lotfipour, MD...

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Whats New in Emergencies Trauma and Shock? Age and Trauma: Geriatric Trauma Patients and Geriatric Trauma Ward Services

Severe trauma in the geriatric population

Geriatric trauma constitutes an increasingly recognized problem. Aging results in a progressive decline in cellular function which leads to a loose of their capacity to respond to injury. Some medications commonly used in this population can mask or blunt the response to injury. Falls constitute the most common cause of trauma and the leading cause of trauma-related deaths in this population. F...

Challenges in geriatric medicine: geriatric services and education.

Ignatz Nascher first proposed disease and medical care of the aged as a separate specialty and invented the term “geriatrics” in 1909. However, the growth of geriatric medicine and healthcare of the elderly is often attributed to the pioneering work of Majorie Warren who successfully treated and rehabilitated seemingly hopeless elderly patients in the UK in the 1930s. British geriatric medicine...