Including great didactics sponsored by AGEM or presented by AGEM members ACEP Geriatric Sect, Lauren Cameron-Camasco, Don Melady, Katie Selman, MD, and Natalie Elder

Honored to be included at #ResusEM this year with such amazing speakers! Register for free and hear me talk “Dazed and Hypoperfused: Frailty & Sepsis Outcomes in Older Adults” among other excellent lectures. #GeriEM

#EMbound- Meet the amazing women of Cooper EM THIS THURS 9/8 @ 7p EST! See why >50% of our ED faculty & residents are females! ✍️Sign up at tinyurl.com/bdhynkcz. #emresidency #emergencymedicine #emergencymedicineresidency #cooperfam #Match2023 #womeninEM #womeninmedicine

My residents are the best cheerleaders in the world for when I’m nerding out about frailty and #GeriEM even if it’s virtual! #ResusEM Cooper EM Residency

#ACEP22 Candace Kim reminds us that we are all caregivers and need to include them in the medical care we provide patients

The goals of care ✨are not✨ code status They're not feeding tubes Home or nursing homes The goals of care are: "What's important?" "What makes life unacceptable?" That's what we should discuss And that's what should be documented in the chart #ThisIsGeriatrics

Special Report: EM's Next Priority: Geriatric ED Care : Emergency Medicine News journals.lww.com/em-news/Fullte…

Stop sending urine routinely, asymptomatic bacteuria is common in older adults and antibiotics have side effects! It’s almost NEVER a UTI

World Delirium Awareness Day 🧠

Two households both alike in dignity #AGS23

Geri EDs have higher geriatric syndrome (ie delirium) diagnosis rates than non-GEDs Cameron Gettel MD MHS #AGS23

Check out this piece highlighting the important work of our Addiction Medicine and EMS in Camden! Proud to be part of the team working to decrease mortality, decrease stigma, and improve access to evidence based care for use disorders 🚑. Thanks CBS for visiting!

September is #WorldAlzheimersMonth. Conditions like Alzheimer's can impact clinicians' ability to diagnose & treat patients in the ED, especially when they're in an agitated state. One helpful tool for clinicians is the ADEPT Tool. Learn more in Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine: gedcollaborative.com/jgem/vol1-is3-…

#EMbound- Meet the amazing women of Cooper EM TUES 9/12 @ 7p EST! See why >50% of our ED faculty & residents are females! ✍️Sign up at tinyurl.com/bdhynkcz #emresidency #emergencymedicine #emergencymedicineresidency #cooperfam #Match2024 #womeninEM #womeninmedicine

Very proud of my latest piece for NPR Being a body-positive doctor in the age of Ozempic 👩‍⚕️🩺 npr.org/sections/healt…

“For older patients, waiting overnight in the ED for admission to a ward was associated with increased in-hospital mortality and morbidity, particularly in patients with limited autonomy.  Older adults should be prioritized for admission to a ward.” 📸 thesgem.com/2023/12/sgem42…?

My letter to the editor on Geriatric emergency medicine fellowship improves care for the older person was published today in IMJ_IRL TUH ED 😁

New pharmacist led intervention by Dr. Katherine Selman et al. to modify high risk medications in older adults 54% were on high risk meds 43% made medication changes after pharmacist rec At 12 mo, no difference in fall related ED visit rate agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… JAGS

A pharmacist-led protocol to deprescribe high-risk drugs for older adults presenting to the emergency department after falls. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

Elder abuse and neglect can underly presenting medical complaints in older adults. An example of a patient presenting with eye pain… 👁️ The Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative institutionalrepository.aah.org/jgem/vol5/iss2…