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Striking a Balance:Emergency Care for Long Term
Care Residents
NSGNA Annual DinnerWednesday May 13th, 2015
Who are we?
Donna Naugler• Worked as LPN in LTC• RN Degree affiliated with
Queen’s University in Ontario
• Nursing Career:– Geriatric Assessment Unit– Internal Medicine – Emergency
• Discharge Planning Nurse
Nikki Kelly• RN from Dalhousie
University• Nursing Career:
– Neurosurgery– ICU in Georgia– Organ Donation Coordinator– Emergency
• MN-NP from Dalhousie• NP in the ED
Scope of the Problem
• Grey Tsunami• ED overcrowding: waits• ED’s are not designed for older adults• Lack of community resources• Competing beliefs
What are we doing?
• Better Care Sooner• Care by Design• Expanded Role: DPN• Frailty Group
Case #1: Mr D
Mr D
• 86 year old male lives in LTC• PMHx: – HTN, CAD, Vascular Dementia, Type II DM, Stroke
(right hemiplegia)• SHx: – Widowed x 5 years– 2 sons, live outside of NS– Requiring full care x 1.5 years
Mr D Cont’d
• Decreased appetite for the past couple of days• Today while in the dining room, he became
weak & dizzy• Staff felt he ‘was not acting like himself’• 911 called• Paramedics Vitals:– Temp 38°, HR 98, RR 20, O2 Sat 92% on room air
Mr D Cont’d
• Paramedics transported to QEII ED– Charge nurse/Charge Doctor not alerted about
patients arrival– No documentation accompanied patient
• Very busy day in the ED (overcapacity)• Patient has 5 hour wait in the hallway
Mr D Cont’d
• Report given to ED staff could not clearly identify reasons for transport
• Mr D is drowsy but arousable, not oriented to person, place or time and has no voiced concerns
• ED Work-Up includes:– CT Head, Bloodwork, CXR, urine dip
• Diagnosis: pneumonia
Mr D Cont’d
• The next day . . . (~16 hours after arrival):– Mr D is confused and agitated, required restraints
overnight & a sitter is booked for the day– DPN contacts LTC facility and gets pertinent
information faxed over• Patient has Advanced Directive:– No CPR, No Intubation– No hospital transport
• Mr D brought back home by ambulance with a prescription for antibiotics
What could have been done differently?
Case #2: Mrs C
Mrs C
• 95 year old female in assisted living• PMHX: – HTN, OA, invasive bladder ca (newly found to be
metastic)• SHx:– Widowed x 20 years– 1 living daughter, 1 living sister
Mrs C Cont’d
• Patient c/o 24 hour history of abdominal pain & vaginal bleeding
• Care Facility Staff:– Called on-call MD (who suggested ED)– Called 911– Called ED Charge Nurse– Copied Care Directive (full code) & other important
information
Mrs C Cont’d
• Vital Signs:– Temp 36.4°, HR 118, RR 18, O2 Sats 98%
• Investigations:– Labs: HgB 82– Abdominal CT: invasive bladder ca with metastasis to
the colon• Consultation:– Urology– Internal Medicine– DPN
Mrs C Cont’d
• Goals of care discussion with patient and family
• Decision to transition to comfort care• DPN arranged with urgent palliative care
consult to her in the community• Palliative care orders written and patient
transferred back to her home in LTC
How was this different?
Discussion & Questions
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