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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2022

John Schumacher
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Don Melady
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Overview of this practical guide helping practicing ED interdisciplinary clinicians, ED leaders, and hospital administrators who are responsible for providing acute care to older adults to improve their care.

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Creating a Geriatric Emergency Department
A Practical Guide
, pp. 1 - 3
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Carpenter, CR, Bromley, M, Caterino, J, et al. Optimal older adult emergency care: introducing multidisciplinary geriatric emergency department guidelines from the American College of Emergency Physicians, American Geriatrics Society, Emergency Nurses Association, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Ann Emerg Med. 2014;63(5):13.Google Scholar
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  • Introduction
  • John Schumacher, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Don Melady, University of Toronto
  • Book: Creating a Geriatric Emergency Department
  • Online publication: 20 January 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009039253.001
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  • Introduction
  • John Schumacher, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Don Melady, University of Toronto
  • Book: Creating a Geriatric Emergency Department
  • Online publication: 20 January 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009039253.001
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  • Introduction
  • John Schumacher, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Don Melady, University of Toronto
  • Book: Creating a Geriatric Emergency Department
  • Online publication: 20 January 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009039253.001
Available formats
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