As a bonus to Episode 34 on Geriatric Emergency Medicine, Dr. Don Melady, one of Canada’s leading educators in Geriatric EM, tells us about his Best Case Ever in which a simple fall turns out to be a multi-facited complicated case with a simple solution.

In the related Episode 34 on Geriatric Emergency Medicine Dr. Melady and Dr. Jacques Lee cover an approach to geriatric Delirium, managing agitation, indications for CT head in the delirious older person, management of recurrent falls, pearls in the assessment of the ‘Weak & Dizzy’ geriatric patient, key drug interactions, pain management, atypical ACS and pearls in Geriatric abdominal pain presentations.

Published July, 2013 by Anton Helman

For more of Don Melady’s great work visit his fantastic Geri-EM website of educational modules on Geriatric Emergencies.

 

Dr. Melady and Dr. Helman have no conflicts of interest to declare.