Hospital admission in older persons presenting with dizziness in the Emergency department Anna Ekwall, Karolina Nilsson, Johanna Schrab and M åns Magnusson

One of the most frequent chief complaints among older persons presenting in the emergency department (ED) is dizziness. Persons with dizziness often call for an ambulance [1] and, depending on previous medical history and assessment by the medical dispatcher, are triaged as urgent as well as non-urgent. Thus, the nurse in the ambulance plays an important role in the management of patients presenting with dizziness and early decision of the urgency, showing the difficulties in determining the acuity of the symptoms [2,3].
Source: International Emergency Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research