老人虐待:紧急部门的识别和管理
Elaine Gottesman1, Alyssa Elman1, Tony Rosen1
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
Clinics in geriatric medicine
|October 5, 2023
概括
年长者虐待每年影响5-15%的老年人. 紧急部门 (ED) 可以通过特定的检测策略和管理协议来识别和干预老年人虐待案件.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 紧急医疗 紧急医疗
背景情况:
- 每年,老年人虐待影响了社区生活中的大部分老年人.
- 紧急部门 (ED) 的遭遇为识别和解决老年人虐待提供了关键的机会.
- 有效的干预需要在ED环境中及时识别和适当管理.
研究的目的:
- 概述改善在急诊室检测老年人虐待的策略.
- 描述应急部门管理老年人虐待案件的基本组成部分.
- 强调ED在保护弱势老年人方面的作用.
主要方法:
- 审查和综合当前关于在紧急情况下检测老年人虐待的证据.
- 确定老年人虐待的关键临床指标和危险因素.
- 描述患者安全和报告协议的最佳实践.
主要成果:
- 检测策略包括识别高风险个体和识别临床评估,成像和实验室测试中的暗示性发现.
- 选工具可以帮助识别过程.
- 治疗ED的管理包括解决当前的健康问题,确保患者的安全,并促进必要的报告.
结论:
- 紧急服务部门在识别和管理老年人虐待方面至关重要.
- 结合风险评估,彻底评估和适当干预的多方面的方法至关重要.
- 早期发现和干预ED可以显著改善虐待老年人的结果.
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