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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

So Carmen and Katie developed an EMS Community Partnership program. They created a seamless link between this Community Partnership program and 911 calls for falls. Eric and I enjoyed talking with Carmen and Katie about this innovative and common sense approach to addressing falls in the community. Their job was done.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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The hot sauces progressed from mild to extreme (and I mean extreme) heat. Can I just say…it works? Being asked a question with your mouth on fire, sweat streaming down your face, feeling the most awake and terrified you have ever been in your life, forces you to give an unadorned answer, straight from the heart. Lynn: Okay. Anne: GeriPal edition.

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Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis: Podcast with James Deardorff and Sei Lee

GeriPal

I you use the Lee Schonberg prognostic index for community dwelling older adults you will be directed to the tool, and it will automatically place the life expectancy at the calculated prognostic estimate. . Think of the 10 years it takes to benefit from colon or breast cancer screening, which is designed to detect slow growing cancers.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

I cant do the primary thing Ive been trained to do: ABC, ABC, ABCs. Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it. They got training in Vital Talk and ELNEC. They got feedback. So did it matter? Fernanda 01:16 I do have a song request.

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Well-being and Resilience: a Podcast with Jane Thomas, Naomi Saks, Ishwaria Subbiah

GeriPal

Well-being committees are popping up at every level of an organization. And C-suites now have chief wellness officers sitting at the table. Eric 01:54 Why’d you pick this song, Naomi? Naomi 01:57 Because it really talks about this beautiful experience of our beloved, which is ourselves, the part that we often cut out of the equation.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia. It was Remember Me.