Rachel Skains
@RachelSkains
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Assistant Professor - University of Alabama - Birmingham (UAB) focused on Geriatric Emergency Medicine.
Birmingham, AL
Joined October 2018
๐ข Check out GEMS-Rx in @AnnalsofEM โผ๏ธA useful older adult high-risk prescription list to be used by practicing clinicians and also investigators conducting ED medication safety research 50 days free access: https://t.co/bOMRhVIVd8
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Excited to announce GEMS-Rx was published today in Annal of EM! Thank you to @GeriatricEDNews and all co-authors! Geriatric Emergency Medication Safety Recommendations (GEMS-Rx): Modif...
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Dear @ACEPNow @SAEMonline @AAEM & @emresidents: Whatโs common in the ED, associated with high mortality & missed by 2/3 of emergency physicians? Delirium! For #World Delirium Awareness Day #WDAD2023 a ๐งต about #delirium in the ED! 1/
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@geri_EM @EuropSocEM @RosaMcNamara @EuGMSSociety @SAEMonline @CAEP_Docs @geri_EM & @replynickel & @mfbellolio - Let us know how #GeriED champions worldwide can collaborate @AGEM_SAEM @theGEDC @StanichJessica @anitachary @DrcarolynH @SMDresdenMD @POBanerjee @CameronGettel @talk2nemat @J_vanOppen @RachelSkains
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Congratulations, Dr. Elie! National Academy of Medicine adds three UAB faculty to its distinguished ranks https://t.co/fZzJGqC9oj
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.@RachelSkains @UABEmergencyMed on novel biomarkers showing that acute #ED presentation of sepsis associated encephalopathy associated w/ #CognitiveImpairment at discharge, a precursor to long-term cognitive decline. Future implications for POC testing @SAEMonline #SAEM22
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I think next year @SAEMonline is going to need to give us a bigger room for #GeriEM sessions!! #StandingRoomOnly #SAEM22 @geri_EM @mfbellolio @katren_tyler @LanoueMp @emergencyimprov @CameronGettel @lucasojesilva12 @StanichJessica @emdatadoc @LilyBerrin
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Excellent talk by @laurenwalter and @RachelSkains re: social inequity in older adults! Many gaps exist in insurance coverage, 14% of older adults experience food insecurity, and geriatric homeless lack critical resources @UABEmergencyMed @SAEMonline #SAEM2022
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Last month @UABEmergencyMed became the first accredited geriatric ED in Alabama & the first in the southeastern US. Interested in GEDA accreditation for your ED? https://t.co/gxH3KpQjpX
@AmerGeriatrics
@GeriatricEDNews
@theGEDC
#GEM
#GeriED
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First day of EMS Fellowship! Who is excited! @UABEmergencyMed @adam_robinett @EMSdocFerg @naemspalabama
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What interventions to affect negative social determinants of health have been conducted in/from an ED setting? Check out Social EM at work by @laurenwalter! https://t.co/VCLjWUCW9M
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BREAKING: Opioid overdose visit rates increased 30% in 2020 during COVID-19 compared to years prior across 6 US Healthcare Systems in @AnnalsofEM PDF: https://t.co/2ZPFNqLdPx Amazing work by @ted_melnick, @mollyjeffery, and many others. @Baystate_IHDPS #opioids #harmreduction
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An amazing review of ED-based interventions from an all-star team of #socialem leaders including our very own Research Editor, @laurenwalter!! ๐๐๐
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