Tag: geriatrics
- Geriatric Trauma ()
Assessment of the geriatric trauma patient is unique, and this population requires special attention. As the elderly population increases, the number of geriatric trauma patients also rises. Age-related changes can make caring for geriatric patients challenging and places them at greater risk of morbidity and mortality. Geriatric patients often suffer from mild to severe cognitive […]
- Polypharmacy – The Reason Why You Write Down All The Patient’s Medications ()
With age, health-related comorbidities increase. Aging contributes to significant functional changes in organ systems and results in decreased homeostatic capacity. Aging also affects body composition, increased volume of distribution for fat-soluble drugs, reduced clearance of multiple medications. The ongoing changes in the body’s physiology with aging are associated with an increased risk of adverse reactions […]
- The Aging Process ()
Normal aging affects all physiological processes. Subtle irreversible changes in the function of most organs can be shown to occur by the third and fourth decades of life, with progressive deterioration of pathological changes from one or more of the diseases encountered with increased prevalence in the older age group. Cardiovascular System Heart Cardiac output […]
- Special Considerations In Trauma ()
Pregnant patients When trauma strikes a pregnant woman, the potential exists for an unexpected high body count as both the mother and unborn child can die from injuries sustained from the trauma. Normally, pregnant women are transported to the labor and delivery department to see an obstetrician, but in the case of trauma from a […]
- Modifying Assessment Based On Age ()
Pediatric Pediatric patients are treated specifically based on their age. For all practical intents and purposes, pediatric patients are patients who are under the age of 8 or have secondary sex characteristics. Older children (acting age appropriate) can be assessed and managed the same as adults. Assessing a pulse on an infant is performed by […]
- Getting Old Sucks ()
All is not lost on the middle aged person (age 41 – 60). Middle aged people tend to be more conservative in their approaches to life, often approaching life’s problems as challenges as opposed to threats. Middle aged people sometimes struggle with the passage of their own children into adulthood. This lack of familial interaction […]