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SGEM#351: How to Stop Geriatrics from Free Fallin’

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

You wonder if any emergency department (ED)-based interventions would help her and people like her be safe. Case: Mid-shift, you realise that the next patient you are about to see is the third in a row aged over 70 who has fallen at home, and that this is her third attendance for a fall in the last two months.