General
- The Silver Book: Quality Care of Older People with Urgent and Emergency Care needs, UK, 2012 View the Complete Silver Book PDF online
- British Geriatrics Society
- Geriatrics at your Fingertips website. geriatricsatyourfingertips.org
- Emergency Care of the Elder Person, Arthur B. Sanders, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Buy on Amazon.ca
- Geriatric Emergency Medicine, Stephen W, Meldon, Mah, Woolard, McGraw-Hill, 2004 Buy on Amazon.ca
- Merck Manual of Geriatrics – Buy on Amazon.ca
Multimedia
- ACEP Geriatric Emergency Medicine videos: http://www.acep.org/Clinical—Practice-Management/Geriatric-Videos/
- Emergency Medicine Cases: Audio CME
Resources By Topic
Cognitive Impairment
Downloads
- Delirium Pre-Printed Order Set – PDF
Links
- The Mini-Cog as a Screen for Dementia – Borson, Scanlan et al. JAGS, October 2003, 51 (10) 1451–1454
- Four Sensitive Screening Tools to Detect Cognitive Dysfunction in Geriatric Emergency Department Patients: Brief Alzheimer’s Screen, Short Blessed Test, Ottawa 3DY, and the Caregiver-completed AD8 – Carpenter, et al Acad Emerg Med; 2011, 18: 374-384
- The Assessment and Treatment of Delirium in Older Adults – Pocket Version from the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health.
- AFP Screening Tools for Cognitive Impairment – CARLAT, Am Fam Physician. 1998 Nov 1;58(7):1617-1624.
- Validation of a Brief Screening Tool to Detect Depression in the Older Patient – from Science Direct: Fabacher et al Am J Emerg Med 2002;20:99-102
Recommended Readings
- Altered Mental Status in Older Emergency Department Patients. Wilber, Scott T. Elsevier Saunders – View the article
- Does this Patient Have Delirium? The Value of Bedside Instruments. Wong, CL et. al. 2011 – PDF
Medication Management
Downloads
- The Beers Criteria Review 2012 – PDF
- Evidence for the Beers Criteria – PDF
- Pharmacologic Issues in Geriatric Emergency Medicine – Elsevier Saunders
- STOPP-START criteria – PDF
- Baseline Functional Assessment Tool – PDF
Links
- AGS Beers Criteria Pocket Card – American Geriatrics Society link to PDF
- If your department is interested in improving Medication Reconciliation you may be interested in the Best Possible Medication History Initiative from saferhealthcarenow.ca.
- Two patient education sheets about Safe Medications from HealthInAging.org
- Ten Medications Older Adults Should Avoid or Use with Caution – HealthInAging.org link to PDF
- Avoiding Overmedication and Harmful Drug Reaction – HealthInAging.org link to PDF
Recommended Readings
- Pharmacologic Issues in Geriatric Emergency Medicine – Blanda, Michelle P. Elsevier Saunders – View the Article
- American Geriatrics Society, Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults – View the Article
- Prescribing to Older ED Patients, Terrell KM et al. – American Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Volume 24, Issue 4; pg. 468-478, July 2006 – View the NCBI Journal Article
- Inappropriate prescribing in elderly ED patients. Heard K, Wilber S, Shah MN. Am J Emerg Med 2008 Mar;26(3):372-373. – View the NCBI Journal Article
- Inappropriate prescribing in an older ED population. Hustey FM, Wallis N, Miller J. Am J Emerg Med 2007 Sep;25(7):804-807. – View the NCBI Journal Article
- Potentially inappropriate medication utilization in the emergency department visits by older adults: analysis from a nationally representative sample. Meurer WJ, Potti TA, Kerber KA, Sasson C, Macy ML, West BT, Losman ED. Acad Emerg Med. 2010 Mar;17(3):231-7. – View the NCBI Journal Article
Trauma and Falls
Downloads
- Pre-Printed Order Set for Older Patients with Hip Fracture – PDF
Links
Recommended Readings
- Trauma and Falls in the Elderly – Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, Elsevier Saunders – View the Article
- ATLS chapter on Geriatric Trauma
Atypical Presentations
Recommended Readings
- Generalized Weakness in the Geriatric Emergency Department Patient. Anderson Jr, Robert S., Hallen, Sarah A.M. Elsevier Saunders – View the Article
- Abdominal Pain in the Elderly. Martinez, Joseph P., Mattu, Amal. Elsevier Saunders – View the Article
Functional Assessment and Discharge Planning
Downloads
- Baseline Functional Assessment Tool – PDF
- Checklist for Older Patient Transfers to Long-Term Care Home – PDF
- Hold Overnight Pre-Printed Order Set – PDF
- Long-Term Care Home Transfer Protocol – PDF
- Nursing Assessment with ISAR – PDF
Links
- Emergency Care of the Elder Person, Arthur B. Sanders, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Buy on Amazon.ca
- Identifying seniors at Risk (ISAR) (McCusker et al, 1999) – View the NCBI Journal Article
- Timed Get and Go Test, Podsiadlo, JAGS; 1991, 39(2):142-148 – View the EuroPMC article
Recommended Readings
End-of-Life Issues and Symptom Management
Downloads
- Karnofsky Performance Scale Index – PDF
- ECOG Performance Status – PDF
- Victoria Hospice Society, Palliative Performance Scale Guidelines – PDF
- M. Downing, Victoria Hospice Society, 1952 – 10 Steps to Better Prognostication – PDF
- The Gold Standards Framework, Prognostic Indicator Guide – PDF
- What to Expect in the Last Days of Life: A Guide for Caregivers – PDF
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine: New Subspeciality, New Opportunities – ACEP – PDF
Links
- Cancer Care Ontario – Toolbox for Symptom Management
Recommended Readings
- Clinics of North America – Palliative Medicine and Geriatric Emergency Care, Elsevier Saunders – View the article.