Title: Geriatric Assignment 13-4
Course: EMS 1119 Emergency Medical Technician > Section: Module XIII Special Patient Populations

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1. Identify 3 chronic conditions that commonly affect elderly populations.
2. Elderly individuals who live along are at the greatest risk of injury from what type of event?
3. What is the most prevalent behavioral condition that affects the elderly?
4. What is the priority intervention of an EMT when discovering an elderly person has been abused?
5. How do you assess the difference between dementia and delirium?