Course Directors
- Christian Nickel (Switzerland)
- Jacinta Lucke (The Netherlands)
Faculty
- Simon Conroy (UK)
- Arjun Thaur (UK)
- James van Oppen (UK)
- Bas de Groot (The Netherlands)
- Laura Blomaard (The Netherlands)
- Rosa McNamara (Ireland)
- Ruth Sneep (The Netherlands)
Participants
The course is designed for 24 participants (Emergency clinicians, nurses and paramedics welcome).
Course description
The number of older patients in the Emergency Department is rising. Many of these older patients suffer from complex comorbidities, frailty and are at risk of adverse outcomes. Working with frail older patients can be difficult for those working in Emergency Medicine, however it is becoming more and more important.
This ‘hands on’ pre-course has the goal to improve the knowledge and skills regarding Geriatric Emergency Medicine of the participants. We start with one lecture after which the rest of the day will be filled with working groups and scenario’s with small groups.
The participants will be provided with practical tips and clinical education points with which they can start working when they are back in their own hospital.
Using several themes the main issues of working with older patients in the ED will be discussed, such as frailty, the older trauma patient, sepsis, pain management, syncope, polypharmacy, cognitive impairment and end-of-life care.
Learning objectives
- To teach participants about general concepts of Geriatric Emergency Medicine such as frailty and its implications when working in the ED
- To give participants clinical education about older patients with:
- Trauma
- Sepsis
- Deprescribing / polypharmacy
- Pain management
- Abdominal pain
- Syncope
- Delirium and cognitive impairment
- To give participants training on how to discuss end of life care in the ED
Schedule
| 08:30– 08:40 | General introduction (program, general notices) |
| 08:40-09:00 |
General introduction into Geriatric Emergency Medicine |
| 09:00-10:40 |
Working groups 4x25 minutes |
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Station 1: Scenario |
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| Station 2: Scenario | |
| Station 3: Table top discussion | |
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Station 4: Table top discussion |
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| 10:40-11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00-12:40 |
Working groups 4x25 minutes |
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Station 1: Scenario |
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| Station 2: Scenario | |
| Station 3: Table top discussion | |
| Station 4: Table top discussion | |
| 12:40-12:55 | Summary of key-learning points |
| 12:55-13:00 | Closing & evaluation |
