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

GeriPal

And so to them, the real frustrating part is they’re supposed to be treating people like it’s a one-time event the very first time, and the system of EMS is not designed to be longitudinal complex care, and yet that’s basically what we’re seeing happening. Is there any feedback in any of these to the PCP?

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

If they’re frail, if they’re falling, if they have cognitive impairment, they’re at higher risk of adverse drug events. And, you know, this is back and forth between the PCP and the cardiologist. From my standpoint, you want to think practically, okay? A pill organizer, having family.