Geriatric
trauma patients at Sunnybrook HSC are increasing in numbers and are complex to
care for. Our team decided to look
further into their care and outcomes to aim to provide the best geriatric
trauma care possible. The overall aim of this project is to reduce the length of stay for non-intubated geriatric trauma patients, 65 years
or older, by 1 day by November 2019 (reducing to 9.4 days from 10.4 days). This team's IDEAS project was to reduce functional decline in geriatric
trauma patients by increasing mobility by February 2019.