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ForwardAn Age-Friendly Approach to Geriatric Trauma: The 5 Ms in Practice
This presentation will discuss the 5 Ms of geriatric trauma patient care. The 5 Ms -include review of medications, mind (cognition), mobility, multicomplexity and what matters most to the geriatric trauma patient, these 5 items will be assessed or addressed in the geriatric trauma patient one admission and ongoing to discharge. The trauma team will note an increase in geriatric patient outcomes in care by using these 5 Ms in the care they provide to the geriatric trauma patient,
Target Audience
RN's, Case Managers and Social Workers
Learning Objectives
Discuss the 5 Ms of age friendly approaches to geriatric trauma care.
Describe the use of the question what matters the most to the geriatric trauma patients.
Identify when to use the delirium prevention order set in the geriatric trauma patient.
Melissa Jones PhD,RN,GERO-BC,CDP,CPAFH
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.00 contact hours.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity. 
Available Credit
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 Attendance