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Track Session

Session: Session 214

Competency in Emergency Department Capacity Assessments

Sunday, April 23, 2023
4:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
Location: Salon FGH-3rd Floor
CE: 0.25 Credits
Geriatrics Risk Management / Patient Safety Recorded Session
Disclosure(s):
Phillip D. Magidson, MD, MPH, FACEP, FACP, FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose
This session will prepare the learner on how to rapidly and accurately make an appropriate determination as to decisional making capacity of the ED patient with a focus on HIGH RISK populations including intoxicated, psychiatric and geriatric patients. Through case based learning, our discussion will define what capacity is (and is not), review the steps in determining patient capacity and highlight documentation pearls all emergency medicine physicians MUST know.

Learning Objectives:

  • Outline the key elements of patient capacity assessments.
  • Implement a standard approach to accurately and concisely documenting capacity assessments
  • Describe nuances associated with capacity assessments in HIGH RISK populations