[dwoodruff]

I am working on a project about the 5 most common emergencies in long-term care. Is anyone out there a nurse in rehab or a nursing home setting who can tell me what they are?

Thanks in advance.

David Woodruff, MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN
Ed4Nurses, Inc.
Nursing Continuing Education

[milkeybar]

Try arythmias / septic shock / MI / CVA OR RICP.
Cheers,

[2bPhD]

Nice list Milkey. I also have to add falls , pneumonia, and acute exacerbation of CHF. These are the three most common problems that I have encountered in LTC.

[jenac]

How about choking and aspiration? Add those to the list after pneumonia, falls and CVA.

[Catsrule16]

As a State Surveyor, these are what I find in chart reviews as major causes for recent hospitalizations of residents in Skilled Nursing Facilities.

Falls with injuries, COPD exacerbation, CHF exacerbation, aspiration, unstable blood sugars, new onset or extension of CVA's. Don't forget altered mental status due to UTI and Dehydration.