Geriatric Emergency Medicine

This pre-course will be conducted in a live half-day format on Thursday, 24 September from 13:00 -17:30 CEST, in Panacéa Conseil centre, 22 Rue Georges Picquart, 75017 Paris, Paris, France (please note it is different location than EUSEM Congress 2026!)

Overview

The number of older patients in the Emergency Department is rising. Many of these older patients suffer from complex comorbidities, frailty and are at risk of adverse outcomes. Caring for older people living with frailty is complex and often uncomfortable. However, frailty is now so prevalent that all emergency clinicians require core skills in geriatric emergency medicine.

This  ‘hands on’ pre-course aims to improve participants’ knowledge and skills in geriatric emergency medicine. The course commences with an initial lecture on frailty and then participants will break into small groups for table-top discussions and scenarios. Key themes of geriatric emergency medicine will be explored, including trauma, sepsis, pain management, syncope, polypharmacy, cognitive impairment, and end-of-life care. Participants will receive practical tips which can be incorporated into their clinical practice as soon as they return to their own hospitals.

The course will be submitted for CME accreditation by the EACCME®.

Objectives

  • To teach participants about general concepts of Geriatric Emergency Medicine such as frailty and its implications when working in the ED
  • To give participants clinical education about older patients with:
    • Trauma
    • Sepsis
    • Deprescribing / polypharmacy
    • Pain management
    • Abdominal pain
    • Syncope
    • Delirium and cognitive impairment
    • End of life care needs
  • To give participants training on how to discuss end of life care in the ED

Faculty

Course Director: Pieter Heeren, BE

  • James van Oppen, UK
  • Áine Mitchell, IE
  • Arjun Thaur, IE
  • Dorothee Riedlinger, DE
  • Shan Liu, US
  • Don Melady, CA
  • Christophe Fehlmann, CH
  • Ruth Sneep, UK
  • Rosa McNamara, IE
  • Barry Evans, UK

For who

Emergency Physicians and residents and all other professions involved in the care for older persons with emergency care needs. Medical doctors who will follow the pre-course must be adequately trained in advanced life support and airway management skills.

Educational Material

Participants are requested to read the GeriEM guidelines prior to course participation. These are available in poster and podcast format via https://posters.geriemeurope.eu/ and https://geriemeurope.eu/podcasts/ . This way we can focus on practical work during the pre-course.

Registration

The price for this course is € 200 (including 10% VAT)

Please register through your MyEUSEM account by clicking on the EUSEM Congress registration button. From the Pre-courses tab you can select the pre-courses you would like to join.

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TimeTopicFaculty
12:30-13:00Registration
13:00–13:10General introduction (program, general notices)      P Heeren
13:10 – 13:30General introduction into Geriatric Emergency Medicine (frailty)J van Oppen
13:30 – 15:10Working groups 4×25 minutes – groups of 6
Station 1: scenario: older trauma patient
Station 2: scenario: older patient with sepsis
Station 3: Table top discussion: delirium/cognitive impairment
Station 4: Table top discussion: pain management		All faculty
15:10 – 15:30Coffee break
15:30 – 17:10Working groups 4×25 minutes
Station 1: Scenario: older patient with abdominal pain
Station 2: Scenario: older patient with syncope
Station 3: Table top discussion: polypharmacy
Station 4: Table top discussion: end of life care in the ED		All faculty
17:10-17:20Summary of key-learning pointsAll faculty
17:20-17:30Closing & evaluationP Heeren

Time                      Topic                                                            

08:30 – 08:40         General introduction (program, general notices)              

08:40 – 09:00         General introduction into Geriatric Emergency Medicine

09:00-10:40            Working groups 4×25 minutes

                                    Station 1: scenario

                                    Station 2: scenario

                                    Station 3: Table top discussion

                                    Station 4: Table top discussion

10:40-11:00            Coffee break

11:00-12:40            Working groups 4×25 minutes

                                    Station 1: Scenario

                                    Station 2: Scenario

                                    Station 3: Table top discussion

                                    Station 4: Table top discussion

12:40-12:55            Summary of key-learning points

12:55-13:00            Closing & evaluation