ArticleThe western journal of emergency medicine2020
Fall Prevention Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors: A Survey of Emergency Providers.
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- Using tele-paramedicine to conduct in-home fall risk reduction after emergency department discharge: Preliminary data.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Enhancing healthcare access for an older population: The age-friendly emergency department.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2024Review
- A protocol to determine the acceptability and feasibility of a pilot intervention emergency department virtual observation unit fall prevention program.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
- Automating risk stratification for geriatric syndromes in the emergency department.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2024Article
- Collaborative design and implementation of a clinical decision support system for automated fall-risk identification and referrals in emergency departments.Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2022Article
- Predicting falls within 3 months of emergency department discharge among community-dwelling older adults using self-report tools versus a brief functional assessment.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Moving the needle on fall prevention: A Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) Network scoping review and consensus statement.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2021Article
- ASSESSING PARAMEDICS' PERSPECTIVES ON AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VIRTUAL OBSERVATION UNIT FALL PREVENTION PROGRAM.International journal of paramedicineArticle
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5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
introductionFalls are a frequent reason geriatric patients visit the emergency department (ED). To help providers, the Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines were created to establish a standard of care for geriatric patients in the ED. We conducted a survey of emergency providers to assess 1) their knowledge of fall epidemiology and the geriatric ED guidelines; 2) their current ED practice for geriatric fall patients; and 3) their willingness to conduct fall-prevention interventions.
methodsWe conducted an anonymous survey of emergency providers including attending physicians, residents, and physician assistants at a single, urban, Level 1 trauma, tertiary referral hospital in the northeast United States.
resultsWe had a response rate of 75% (102/136). The majority of providers felt that all geriatric patients should undergo screening for fall risk factors (84%, 86/102), and most (76%, 77/102) answered that all geriatric patients screened and at risk for falls should have an intervention performed. While most (80%, 82/102) answered that geriatric falls prevention was very important, providers were not willing to spend much time on screening or interventions. Less than half (44%, 45/102) were willing to spend 2-5 minutes on a fall risk assessment and prevention, while 46% (47/102) were willing to spend less than 2 minutes.
conclusionEmergency providers understand the importance of geriatric fall prevention but lack knowledge of which patients to screen and are not willing to spend more than a few minutes on screening for fall interventions. Future studies must take into account provider knowledge and willingness to intervene.
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