Duration
30 minutes.
Group size
4-6 participants.
Target audience
Medical and nursing clinicians.
Description
This resource kit provides healthcare workers with the knowledge regarding the assessment and management of an elderly patient with a mild traumatic brain injury who is anticoagulated.
Learning objectives
- Identify the older patient risks of injury with low velocity trauma.
- Discuss the challenges associated with using the Australasian Triage Scale (ATS) with geriatric trauma presentations.
- Understand the challenges with assessment in the older population.
- Gain confidence in the safe discharge of patients with mild traumatic brain injury.
