International Rural Aging Project

Provider Workshops

Emergency Medical Care of the Rural Elderly: Issues, Challenges & Solutions
Convener Janet M. Williams, Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Director, Center for Rural Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, West Virginia University Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center

Date Friday, June 9
Time 1:30 – 6 p.m.
Location Parlor B, Civic Center

Objectives

The provision of emergency medical care to the elderly living in rural and remote areas poses a variety of unique challenges that will be discussed in this session. Several innovative approaches which address these issues will be presented including specific programs developed in Australia, South Africa, as well as the United States.

Introduction

Janet M. Williams

Challenges in Rural Geriatric Emergency Medicine

Art Sanders, Tucson, Arizona, US
Chair, Geriatric Emergency Medicine Task Force for Society for Academic Emergency; Chair; National Advanced Life Support Committee for the American Heart Association.

Emergency Medicine: An Opportunity for Clinical Preventive Services?

Lowell Gerson, Rootstown, Ohio, US
Professor of Epidemiology; Associate Director, Division of Community Health Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine.

Ethical Issues

Wendy Coates, Torrance, California, US
Faculty Member, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA where she is the Director of Medical Education; Associate Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles.

Care of the Elderly through Telemedicine in South Africa

Nkaki Matlala, Houghton, South Africa

Royal Flying Doctors and Geriatric Emergencies

Geoff King, Wagga Wagga, Australia
Trainee, College of Emergency Medicine; has conjoint appointments with the University of Queensland (Associate Professor) and James Cook University (Senior Lecturer); currently Chairs Queensland Health Minister’s Rural Health Advisory.

Continuing Education Credits

WV Social Work 4 hrs
3.5 AMA Category 1 CME







Emergency service providers traditionally have not included prevention in their scope of work. However, there is prevention going on in emergency departments and in pre-hospital settings. This session will discuss programs that provide clinical preventive services to elder patients, present a framework to decide on the usefulness of services, and describe some future opportunities to improve the function of elder patients. Special attention will be paid to the opportunities and challenges in implementing prevention in rural areas.


Introduction:

Janet M. Williams, Morgantown, West Virginia

Director, Center for Rural Emergency Medicine, Dept. Of Emergency Medicine, Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center of West Virginia University. 


Challenges in Rural Geriatric Emergency Medicine

Art Sanders, Tucson, Arizona

Chair, Geriatric Emergency Medicine Task Force for Society for Academic Emergency; Chair; National Advanced Life Support Committee for the American Heart Association. 


Preventive Services for the Elderly

Lowell Gerson, Rootstown, Ohio

Professor of Epidemiology; Associate Director, Division of Community Health Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. 


Ethical Issues

Wendy Coates, Torrance, California

Faculty Member, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA where she is the Director of Medical Education; Associate Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles.


Care of the Elderly through Telemedicine in South Africa

Nkaki Matlala, Houghton, South Africa


Royal Flying Doctors and Geriatric Emergencies

Geoff King, Edge Hill, Australia

Trainee, College of Emergency Medicine; has conjoint appointments with the University of Queensland (Associate Professor) and James Cook University (Senior Lecturer); currently Chairs Queensland Health Minister’s Rural Health Advisory.


Joe McGirr, Wagga Wagga, Australia

Director, Health Services Development, Greater Murray Area Health Service.