Delirium in Elderly Emergency Department (ED) Patients

Delirium in Elderly Emergency Department (ED) Patients
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
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Product ID: 18395

Abstract: 

What is delirium? What is the CAM? This case presentation teaches Residents how to identify which Emergency Department patients are at risk for delirium.

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Educational objectives: 

Learn how to perform a CAM in the ED, and who to perform it on. By the end of the session, the Resident will be able to: 1) Understand the seriousness of delirium 2) Define delirium 3) Recognize the causes of delirium 4) Recognize the common ED presentations and high-risk patients 5) Be familiar with the CAM. Learn how to perform a CAM in the ED, and who to perform it on.

Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 

Lecture, instruction, EM Resident small group The first 46 slides are facilitator guides and the following 24 are the actual presentation.

Date posted: 
Mon, 01/26/2009
Date last updated: 
Mon, 01/26/2009
CME credits available: 
No
Has this product been peer reviewed?: 
No
Contact person/corresponding author: 
Joseph Myslinski (myslinski@earthlink.net)
Authors: 
Ron Fuerst
Joseph Myslinski
Creative Commons License: 
CC BY-NC-SA
NLM Citation:
Fuerst, R and Myslinski, J. Delirium in Elderly Emergency Department (ED) Patients. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2009 Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/18395
APA Citation:
Fuerst, R and Myslinski, J. (2009). Delirium in Elderly Emergency Department (ED) Patients. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/18395

Comments

Fri, 11/07/2008 - 4:02pm

Really does address the unique problems older patients may present in an emergency setting (when compared with younger patients).