ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2018
Elder Abuse Identification in the Prehospital Setting: An Examination of State Emergency Medical Services Protocols.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exploring Current Emergency Medical Services Approaches to Manage Agitated Older Adult Patients: An Analysis of Statewide Protocols.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Elder Mistreatment Documentation by Prehospital Clinicians: An Analysis of the National Emergency Medical Services Information System Database.Prehospital emergency care · 2025Article
- Older Adults Affected by Abuse-What about Their Mental Health and Social Participation? A Mixed Methods Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Variability of Prehospital Pain Management Protocols: A Review of Prehospital Care Protocols in the United States.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2024Review
- Prehospital transport and termination of resuscitation of cardiac arrest patients: A review of prehospital care protocols in the United States.Resuscitation plus · 2023Review
- Development and usability evaluation of VOICES: A digital health tool to identify elder mistreatment.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Article
- Developing a model for providing feedback to reporters of elder abuse.Journal of elder abuse & neglectArticle
- Research priorities for elder abuse screening and intervention: A Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) network scoping review and consensus statement.Journal of elder abuse & neglectArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo describe statewide emergency medical service (EMS) protocols relating to identification, management, and reporting of elder abuse in the prehospital setting.
designCross-sectional analysis.
settingStatewide EMS protocols in the United States.
participantsPublicly available statewide EMS protocols identified from published literature, http://EMSprotocols.org, and each state's public health website. MEASUREMENTS: Protocols were reviewed to determine whether elder abuse was mentioned, elder abuse was defined, potential indicators of elder abuse were listed, management of older adults experiencing abuse was described, and instructions regarding reporting were provided. EMS protocols for child abuse were reviewed in the same manner for the purpose of comparison.
resultsOf the 35 publicly available statewide EMS protocols, only 14 (40.0%) mention elder abuse. Of protocols that mention elder abuse, 6 (42.9%) define elder abuse, 10 (71.4%) describe indicators of elder abuse, 8 (57.1%) provide instruction regarding management, and 12 (85.7%) provide instruction regarding reporting. Almost twice as many states met each of these metrics for child abuse.
conclusionStatewide EMS protocols for elder abuse vary in regard to identification, management, and reporting, with the majority of states having no content on this subject. Expansion and standardization of protocols may increase the identification of elder abuse.
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