GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? What should we use to screen individuals? Cognitive screening.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

And then three weeks later, you’re in the emergency room and somebody else talks with you for a little while. But one of the things that I try to teach, because both Juliet and I have done a ton of teaching about this, is that if you follow these steps, that outcome sort of presents itself. Get the hospice referral.

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Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 98

Medical Xpress

JUNE 23, 2025

The temperature is just going to continue to rise and at some point thats going to lead to death," says Wood, who has worked as a nurse practitioner in the emergency room. "Its like taking the batteries out of your thermostat. Thats when we really need to aggressively cool people off in an ice bath." 40°C (101–104°F).

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