GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

And now ICU care has flourished, and we can keep people alive in the sense that their heart is beating and we can sustain their ventilation and circulation. For example, I had another patient in the ICU who she was on a ventilator. They didn’t come up in geriatrics very much. And we see that too in geriatrics.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

I felt like I was always told to present people with a buffet of options and, really, without guidance, ask them to choose, which is, it would always make me feel sick to my stomach. I think one of the residents you asked how would they broach a subject, and he said wording like, “Unfortunately, he still needs a ventilator.”

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 23, 2023

I developed bilateral pneumonia and was hospitalized but thankfully not put on a ventilator. Poison center nurses usually have at least two years of experience working in an ICU or an Emergency Department, but nurses in other specialties such as pediatric, geriatric, or transplant nursing can successfully make the transition into toxicology.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

This idea that for critically ill patients in the ICU, geriatric conditions like disability, frailty, multimorbidity, and dementia should be viewed through a wider lens of what patients are like before and after the ICU event was transformative for our two guests today. I’m going to turn to you Lauren.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

So whether or not somebody wants to be on CPR or ventilator, that sort of thing. The post Black/African American Caregivers of Older Adults Living with Dementia: Fayron Epps and Karen Moss appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. It was great.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

I’d be willing to take some time on a mechanical ventilation machine to live longer.” And so the idea that patients are walking around with these on their shoulder like, “Hey, I got the mechanical ventilation preference, just want to make sure.” ” Because I’m like, “Yeah, to what end?

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Well, as a kick off to this year’s first in-person State of the Science plenary, held in conjunction with the closing Saturday session of the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly, 3 randomized clinical trials were presented. And that helped them focus on that instead of, say, the blood pressure, the vasopressors or the ventilator settings that day.

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