Top Ten Tips for Taking an Elderly Person to the ER Featured
Show: 911: Emergency Talk Radio - brought to you by ACEP
Guest(s)
Dr. David Cook
Topic
Elderly Care in the Emergency Department
Topic Info
What things does a child or caretaker of an elderly person need to know if they have to take them to the ER? This
can be a stressful time and often important information is forgot in the heat of the moment. Dr. David Cook joins the show to provide a list of tips to prepare for these emergencies.
Guest Info
Dr. David Cook is a 1998 graduate of the University of Delaware, and received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in 2002. He completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Delaware, and continues to work there as an attending physician.
He is active in the American College of Emergency Physicians both nationally and in the Delaware chapter, and serves on the ACEP Public Relations Committee.
Dave is also a veteran of the United States Navy, having served as a Diving and Undersea Medical Officer.
He is active in the American College of Emergency Physicians both nationally and in the Delaware chapter, and serves on the ACEP Public Relations Committee.
Dave is also a veteran of the United States Navy, having served as a Diving and Undersea Medical Officer.
Website
Host
Dr. Leigh Vinocur
Original Air Date
11 / 19 / 2010
