Stop the Falls! A Framework for Injury Prevention Outreach for Older Adults Presented by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Geriatric Trauma and Injury Prevention Committees

Authors

Tanya Egodage
Thomas K Duncan
Vanessa P Ho
D'Andrea Joseph
Adin Tyler Putnam
Sigrid Burruss
Tasce Bongiovanni
Jennifer Knight-Davis
Sasha D Adams
Elizabeth Gorman
Molly P Jarman
Nasim Ahmed
Asanthi Ratnasekera
Kartik Prabhakaran
Caitlin Cohan
Melissa Hornor
Kristin P Colling
Bellal Joseph

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Journal

Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open

Abstract

With the increasing age of the population in the USA, fall prevention events to target older patients are imperative. The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma hosted a fall prevention event at the host city of the 2023 Annual Meeting. We review the planning and implementation of this "Stop the Falls" event, in hopes that other institutions may benefit and sustainably effectuate fall prevention events for an increasingly geriatric population.

Keywords

Accident Prevention, geriatrics, epidemiology, Multiple Trauma

DOI

10.1136/tsaco-2024-001487

PMID

39610676

PMCID

PMC11603794

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

11-26-2024

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Published Open-Access

yes