1. PART II
GERIATRICS

2. “ANYONE WHO STOPS LEARNING IS OLD, WHETHER AT TWENTY OR EIGHTY
“ANYONE WHO STOPS LEARNING IS OLD, WHETHER AT TWENTY OR EIGHTY. ANYONE WHO KEEPS LEARNING STAYS YOUNG. THE GREATEST THING IN LIFE IS TO KEEP YOUR MIND YOUNG HENRY FORD------

3. SYSTEM PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, ASSESSMENT AND mANAGEMENT

4. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
1. SPECIFIC DISORDERS
A. MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
B. HEART FAILURE
C. DYSRHYTHMIAS
D. ABDOMINAL AND THORACIC ANEURYSM
E. AORTIC DISSECTION
F. HYPERTENSION
G. STROKE

5. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
ASTHMA

6. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DIABETES HYPEROSMOLAR HYPERGLYCEMIC NONKETOTIC COMA
THYROID ABNORMALITIES

7. GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
CONSTIPATION
LARGE BOWL OBSTRUCTIONS
STOMACH OR DUODENAL ULCERS

8. MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
PHYSICAL ABILITIES
POSTURE CHANGES
OSTEOPOROSIS
OSTEOARTHRITIS

9. NERVOUS SYSTEM NORMAL AGE-RELATED COGNITIVE CHANGES DELIRIUM DEMENTIA
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
PARKINSON’S DISEASE

10. TOXICOLOGY
MEDICATIONS
POLYPHARMACY
DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE

11. PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS
DEPRESSION
SUICIDE

12. INJURY IN ELDERLY PEOPLE
ENVIRONMENTAL INJURY
HYPOTHERMIA
TRAUMA IN ELDERLY
FALLS
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES

13. TYPES OF INJURIES IN ELDERLY
HEAD TRAUMA
CERVICAL SPINE
CHEST
ABDOMINAL
ORTHOPEDIC
BURNS

14. MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL EMERGENCIES IN ELDERLY

15. ASSESSMENT
MOI
INITIAL MANAGEMENT
COMPLETE HISTORY
ADDITIONAL TREATMENT

16. ELDER ABUSE

17. OVERVIEW FORM OF MISTREATMENT RESULTING IN HARM UNEXPLAINED INJURIES
LAWS

18. END-OF-LIFE CARE
DO NOT RESUSCITATE

19. CONCLUSION
“As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind”.
----Marcus Tullius Cicero---

20. Old age is an excellent time for outrage
Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.” Louis Kronenberger---

21. THE END!