GEMCAST
Christina Shenvi
Welcome to GEMCAST! Shownotes and more info are available on https://gedcollaborative.com/resources/?type=podcast. GEMCAST is a Geriatric Emergency Medicine Podcast created to help clinicians, nurses, or paramedics who take care of older adults, particularly in the Emergency Department setting. Welcome! I'm your host, Christina Shenvi. You can connect with me on twitter @clshenvi
Disclaimer: By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast or website as medical advice to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others, including but not limited to patients that you are treating. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having. This entire disclaimer also applies to any guests or contributors to the podcast or website. Under no circumstances shall this podcast, website, or any contributors to it be responsible for damages arising from use of the podcast. Furthermore, this podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever, including but not limited to establishing “standard of care” in a legal sense or as a basis for expert witness testimony. No guarantee is given regarding the accuracy of any statements or opinions made on the podcast.
Disclaimer: By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast or website as medical advice to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others, including but not limited to patients that you are treating. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having. This entire disclaimer also applies to any guests or contributors to the podcast or website. Under no circumstances shall this podcast, website, or any contributors to it be responsible for damages arising from use of the podcast. Furthermore, this podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever, including but not limited to establishing “standard of care” in a legal sense or as a basis for expert witness testimony. No guarantee is given regarding the accuracy of any statements or opinions made on the podcast.
Episodes
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Aug 23, 2024 • 38min
Preventing Dementia
Alzheimer's disease (AD) begins developing in the brain 20-30 years before symptoms start to present in patients. Recent evidence suggests that up to 40% of AD cases could potentially be prevented by addressing modifiable risk factors such as insufficient education, hearing loss, hypertension, obesity, smoking, depression, social isolation, physical inactivity, diabetes, excessive alcohol consumption, air pollution, and traumatic brain injury.
Dr. Christina Shenvi is joined once again by Dr. Richard Isaacson, M.D., a Harvard-trained preventive neurologist and world-renowned researcher at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Florida. In 2013, he founded the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian, the first of its kind in the United States. In this episode of GEMCast they focus on the importance of individualized intervention and prevention as the future of AD treatment.
Aug 23, 2024 • 54min
Revive And Survive- Pearls For Resuscitation Of Older Adults In The ED
Resuscitation of older adults in the emergency department poses unique challenges for physicians. Understanding the differences between a typical resuscitation process compared to a resuscitation of an older adult is essential to appropriately manage and treat this population. In this episode Dr. Cliff Reid joins Dr. Christina Shenvi to explore these differences and the associated challenges, and highlight some tools he uses in his own practice. Cliff Reid, MD, is an Emergency, Retrieval, and Critical Care Physician and educator in the greater Sydney area with a focus on resuscitation of adults and children.
Jul 22, 2024 • 37min
Constipation: What To Do Between a Rock and a Hard Place
In 2021 constipation related visits to the ED reached over 1 million.The prevalence of constipation in elderly individuals in the community is between 15-30% and for those living in nursing homes or long-term care facilities it ranges between 50-75%. While constipation itself is not usually life-threatening, it can be indicative of life-threatening diseases or disorders and therefore a comprehensive history and physical assessment of patients is essential to avoid missing a critical diagnosis.
Sarah Lee is an emergency physician at the University of Maryland. In this episode she joins Dr. Christina Shenvi to discuss the presentation, risk factors, assessment and management of constipation in geriatric patients in the ED.
Jun 20, 2024 • 47min
Why Hospital at Home May be the Best Option for Your Next Patient
Dr. Christina Shenvi and Dr. Mike Craig discuss the "Home Hospital" model and its potential to transform the way we care for older adults, by bringing hospital-level care to patients' homes.
May 27, 2024 • 34min
What ED Physicians need to know about Amyloid Targeting Treatments Part 2
What ED Physicians need to know about Amyloid Targeting Treatments Part 2 by Christina Shenvi
May 27, 2024 • 25min
What ED Physicians need to know about Amyloid Targeting Treatments Part 1
What ED Physicians need to know about Amyloid Targeting Treatments Part 1 by Christina Shenvi
Feb 20, 2024 • 24min
An Outcome Comparison Between Geriatric and Nongeriatric Emergency Departments
Join Dr. Christina Shenvi and Dr. Cameron Gettel as they talk about a paper that provides the first benchmarks for emergency care process outcomes in geriatric EDs compared with nongeriatric EDs.
Jan 22, 2024 • 38min
How to Create Safe Transitions of Care for Older Patients
Any transition of care has risks, especially for older patients. In this episode of GEMCast, Dr. Shenvi and Dr. Magidson talk about the importance of thoughtful and deliberate transitions of care for older adults.
Nov 28, 2023 • 32min
How Paramedics Can Make a Difference in Geriatric Care
How Paramedics Can Make a Difference in Geriatric Care by Christina Shenvi
Jul 28, 2023 • 41min
The Winding Road to Geriatric EM
Join Dr. Christina Shenvi and Dr. Teresita Hogan as they walk through the history of geriatric emergency medicine. Learn about the challenges, changes, and breakthroughs that have shaped this field over the past 40 years.
