RT Book, Section
A1 Jacobs, Laurie G.
A1 Zorowitz, Robert A.
A2 Go, Ronaldo C.
SR Print(0)
ID 1184387735
T1 Post Critical Care in the Geriatric Population
T2 Understanding Crisis in Critical Care
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264258710
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184387735
RD 2024/04/24
AB Older  adults  are  particularly  vulnerable  in  a  disaster  or  a  pandemic.  This  increase  in  risk  is  multifactorial,  and  includes  intrinsic  factors  such  as  underlying  physiologic  alterations  associated  with  aging,  a  diminished  physiologic  reserve,  visual  and  hearing  impairment,  impaired  mobility,  and  frailty,  a  clinical  phenotype  associated  with  a  reduced  ability  to  overcome  stressors.  Other  factors  impacting  older  adults  are  extrinsic  and  include  the  need  for  prescription  medications,  inadequate  social  supports  and  social  isolation,  food  insecurity  and  low  economic  status,  all  of  which  are  associated  with  an  increased  risk  of  morbidity  in  older  adults  during  a  disaster  or  pandemic.1  Triage,  care,  and  rehabilitation  of  older  adult  victims  of  disasters  or  pandemics  must  consider  these  issues  in  developing  care  plans.