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Module 7: Head Injuries

Segment 9: The Elderly TBI Patient

Websites

Anticoagulant Reversal
Information concerning the reversal of various anticoagulation agents. (EMCrit)
Fall Risk Assessment
Assessing fall risk and reducing falls in the elderly. You must sign in to view the content, but access is free. (Lippincott NursingCenter)
STEADI for Older Adult Fall Prevention
Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, & Injuries (STEADI). A website with patient and caregiver resources relating to older adult falls. There are links to videos that demonstrate how STEADI prevents falls among older adults.  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA))
Mood and Cognitive Impairments in the Elderly
Differentiating delirium, dementia, and depression. You must sign in to see the content, but it is free, and there are links to many other topics. (Lippincott NursingCenter)
Falls: Assessment & Management
A website with information on how to investigate and manage patients with falls. (Oxford Medical Education)

Guidelines

Early Progressive Mobilization in the patient with Neurological Injury
A literature review published in 2021 by AANN regarding the mobilization of patients with neurological injuries. (American Association of Neuroscience Nurses )
Neurological Assessment of the Older Adult
AANN clinical practice guidelines for the neurological assessment of older adults. (American Association of Neuroscience Nurses )
ICU Liberation: A-F Bundle
The Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) ICU Liberation Bundle (A-F) is a collection of resources and guidance to implement key elements of the 2018 pain, agitation/sedation, delirium, immobility, and sleep disruption (PADIS) guidelines to every ICU patient. (Society of Critical Care Medicine)

Videos

Don't Fail the Frail
A video describing a frailty scale to improve the assessment of older trauma patients.  (American Association of Critical Care Nurses)
WHO Mortality Database

A searchable database for global mortality statistics. (World Health Organization)

Injuries and violence

The incidence and impact of intentional and unintentional injuries across the age spectrum. (World Health Organization)

Provincial Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Report Card

Links to a variety of statistics related to the care of patients with traumatic brain injury in the Canadian Provinces. (Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation)