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Ann Acad Med Singap · Feb 2022
Preparing for the silver boom: A falls prevention tool for older adults in the emergency department.
- Colin Eng Choon Ong, Huiting Yong, Huaying Qiu, Kamala Velu, and Peng Hui Choa.
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore.
- Ann Acad Med Singap. 2022 Feb 1; 51 (2): 109-112.
AbstractGeriatric falls presenting to the emergency department (ED) are rising due to our rapidly ageing population. As part of a group of geriatric-focused emergency medicine practitioners, we describe a multidisciplinary falls prevention tool using the acronym.
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