2024
Community Paramedicine and Geriatric EDs
Monday, January 22nd
3:00 - 4:00 PM EST
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Goals
- To introduce and explore the concept of community paramedicine.
- To consider how community paramedicine can be integrated with older person care in EDs.
- To hear stories from front-line practitioners about the benefits and challenges of community paramedicine in providing care for older adults post-ED discharge.
Expert Panel
Jose G. Cabañas MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
Deputy Wake County Manager
Raleigh, North Carolina
Neil Dinesh Dattani, MD, CCFP(EM)
Emergency Physician, William Osler Health System (WOHS) WOHS Clinical Lead, Peel Region Community Paramedicine Program
Toronto, Ontario
Ann McDermott, MSc
National Ambulance Service Community Paramedic
Dublin, Ireland
Michael Stern, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Chief, Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Director, Geriatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine
Maria Wesloh
Lead Intermediate Care Technician VA ICT
Detailed: Implementation Specialist
VHA Office of Primary Care
Air Force Medic
Cleveland, Ohio
Moderated By
Dr. Don Melady is an emergency physician at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada and a founding member of the Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative. He is the author of the website www.geri-EM.com – a CME accredited program for geriatric emergency medicine education – and the chair of the Geriatric EM committee of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine.