This study will characterise the patients using the Geriatric Emergency Medicine Unit, a unit which provides specialist care for patients aged 75 years and older attending the emergency department. It will examine how this specialist care impacts their health in terms of a number of different outcomes, such as; function, quality of life and health care usage; for example admission to the acute hospital.
Older adults aged ≥75 years
Manchester Triage System category 2-5
Screen positive for risk of adverse outcomes after ED visit (≥ 2 on ISAR screening tool)
Presenting with a medical condition
Patients presenting with a non-medical issue including major trauma or hip fracture
Patients presenting with acute stroke or transient ischaemic attack
Patients more appropriate to another alternative pathway e.g. deep vein thrombosis pathway, low risk chest pain pathway
Patients with acute coronary syndrome or unstable arrthymia