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 |
|
Station 1: Scenario |
|
| Station 2: Scenario | |
| Station 3: Table top discussion | |
|
Station 4: Table top discussion |
|
| 10:40-11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00-12:40 |
Working groups 4x25 minutes |
|
Station 1: Scenario |
|
| 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 |
National Societies
Albania
Albanian Society of Emergency Medicine
Shoqata Shqiptare e Urgjencës Mjekësore - SH.U.M.
Date of origin: 1 January 2013
Austria 
Belgium
Year of origin: 1995
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Association of Emergency Medicine Physicians of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Udruženje Urgentologa u Federaciji Bosne i Hercegovine
Date of origin: 15 March 2019
Bulgaria 
Croatia
Croatian Society of Emergency Medicine
HZL Hrvatsko Društvo za Hitnu Medicinu
Date of origin: 12 June 1990
Czech Republic
Year of origin: 1994
Denmark
Danish Society for Emergency Medicine
Dansk Selskab for Akutmedicin
Date of origin: 28 September 2006
Estonia
Estonian Society of Emergency Physicians
Eesti Erakorralise Meditsiini Arstide Selts
Date of origin: 30 March 2004
Finland 
France
French Society for Emergency Medicine
Société Française de Médecine d'Urgence
Date of origin: 3 March 1985
Georgia
Georgian College of Emergency Physicians
საქართველოს გადაუდებელი მედიცინის ექიმთა კოლეჯი
Germany
German Association for Emergency Medicine
Deutsche Gesellschaft Interdisziplinäre Notfall- und Akutmedizin (DGINA) e.V.
Greece
Hellenic Society of Emergency Medicine
Ελληνική Εταιρεία Επείγουσας Ιατρικής
Date of origin: 4 December 2002
Hungary
Hungarian Society for Emergency Medicine
Magyar Sürgösségi Orvostani Társaság
Date of origin: 8 April 2000
Iceland 
Ireland
Irish Association for Emergency Medicine
Cumann Leigheas Éigeandála na hÉireann (IAEM)
Date of origin: 29 April 1989
Italy
Italian Society for Emergency Medicine
Società Italiana di Medicina di Emergenza Urgenza (SIMEU)
Year of origin: 2000
Kosovo
Kosovo Society of Emergency Medicine
Shoqata për Mjekësi Emergjente e Kosovës (SHMEK)
Year of origin: 2008
Latvia 
Lithuania
Lithuanian Society for Emergency Medicine
Lietuvos Skubiosios Medicinos Draugija
Date of origin: 3 October 2003
Malta
Association of Emergency Physicians of Malta
Ghaqda Maltija tat-Tobba ghall-Emergenzi
Date of origin: 1 December 2006
Moldova
Society of Emergency Medicine and Disasters Medicine from Republic of Moldova
Asociația Obștească Societatea Științifico-Practică de Medicină de Urgență și Catastrofe din Republica Moldova
Netherlands
Dutch Society of Emergency Physicians
Nederlandse Vereniging van Spoedeisende Hulp Artsen
Year of origin: 1999
Norway 
Poland
Polish Society for Emergency Medicine
Polskie Towarzystwo Medycyny Ratunkowej
Year of origin: 1999
Portugal
Portuguese Society of Urgent and Emergency Medicine
Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina de Urgência e Emergência
Romania 
Serbia
Serbian Society of Emergency Physicians
Društvo lekara urgentne medicine Srbije
Date of origin: 13 November 2014
Slovakia
Slovak Society of Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Slovenská spoločnost' urgentnej medicíny katastrof
Date of origin: 4 October 1997
Slovenia
Slovenian Emergency Medical Association
Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino
Date of origin: 29 June 2016
Spain
Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine
Sociedad Española de Medicina de Urgencias y Emergencias
Date of origin: 8 March 1988
Sweden 
Switzerland 
Turkey 
Ukraine 
United Kingdom