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    Avoiding anchoring bias by moving beyond ‘mechanical falls’ in geriatric emergency medicine

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    Nagaraj, G.
    Hullick, C.
    Arendts, G.
    Burkett, E.
    Hill, Keith
    Carpenter, C.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Nagaraj, G. and Hullick, C. and Arendts, G. and Burkett, E. and Hill, K. and Carpenter, C. 2018. Avoiding anchoring bias by moving beyond ‘mechanical falls’ in geriatric emergency medicine. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia. 30 (6): pp. 843-850.
    Source Title
    EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia
    DOI
    10.1111/1742-6723.13129
    ISSN
    1742-6731
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72084
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    Abstract

    An 84 year old functionally independent man, presents with right‐sided chest pain. His general practitioner prescribed rivaroxaban 9 months ago following a deep venous thrombosis. He was cleaning his garage and slipped from a small stool, falling backwards onto his bottom and then chest. He reports three other falls over the last year, but none of them were injurious and he has not sought medical care before today. His only other past medical history is hypertension for which his general practitioner recently added a third antihypertensive agent. He has blood pressure 105/73, heart rate 96, oxygen saturation 92% on room air and Glasgow Coma Scale 15. His chest wall is tender on the right without crepitus or palpable deformity. No traumatic injuries were found on imaging. The patient is eager to return home, as you contemplate an opportunity to prevent future injurious falls. Should emergency medicine's role include intervening in this sentinel event?

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