{"id":427,"date":"2020-02-24T11:38:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T11:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.org\/blog\/?p=427"},"modified":"2020-06-26T12:08:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T12:08:59","slug":"workshop-on-handling-geriatric-emergencies-by-dr-kislaya-mishra-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/24\/workshop-on-handling-geriatric-emergencies-by-dr-kislaya-mishra-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop on \u2013 Handling Geriatric Emergencies by Dr. Kislaya Mishra, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail overflow-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-mythemes-classic wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/sam-blog-feb.jpg\" alt=\"Workshop on \u2013 Handling Geriatric Emergencies by Dr. Kislaya Mishra, MD\" width=\"1140\" height=\"515\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Samvedna Senior Care Foundation organized a workshop on Handling Geriatric Emergencies on 14th February, 2020 for its members and staff.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.com\/consult-a-doctor\/dr-kislaya-mishra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Kislaya Mishra<\/a>, Consultant\u2013Physician\/ Psychiatrist, Samvedna Senior Care, talked about how an elderly can comprehend and respond to an emergency situation by the time a first-responder, paramedic help reaches their doorstep.<span id=\"more-1849\"><\/span>\u00a0Dr. Kislaya explained the warning signs and necessary steps to be taken for various situations. She explained the symptoms for major emergencies related to heart attacks, falls, stroke, diabetic coma and critical situations like delirium, urinary tract infections, bladder control, malnutrition and sleep disorders.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_3504-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3504\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>During the workshop she also checked on everyone\u2019s balance and gait and performed the \u201cGet Up and Go Test\u201d to identify participants needing further evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>The participants appreciated the talk and felt that the workshop has equipped them with knowledge and some basic techniques to handle an emergency situation at home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samvedna Senior Care Foundation<\/a>\u00a0focuses on promoting better physical as well as emotional health of the elderly across socio economic classes. Our work focuses in the areas of Active ageing and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.com\/dementia-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dementia Care<\/a>. Our healthcare initiatives helps creates awareness on common physical and mental health issues faced by elderly. The program topics are focused and tuned to provide guidance to the elderly for to cope up with their health and wellbeing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samvedna Senior Care Foundation organized a workshop on Handling Geriatric Emergencies on 14th February, 2020 for its members and staff.\u00a0Dr. Kislaya Mishra, Consultant\u2013Physician\/ Psychiatrist, Samvedna Senior Care, talked about how an elderly can comprehend and respond to an emergency situation by the time a first-responder, paramedic help reaches their doorstep.\u00a0Dr. Kislaya explained the warning signs &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/24\/workshop-on-handling-geriatric-emergencies-by-dr-kislaya-mishra-md\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Workshop on \u2013 Handling Geriatric Emergencies by Dr. Kislaya Mishra, MD&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,18,13],"tags":[52,30,53,54,33],"class_list":["post-427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-active-ageing","category-healthy-ageing","category-samvedna-events","category-samvedna-senior-care-foundation","tag-deme","tag-dementia","tag-geriatric-emergency","tag-kislaya-mishra","tag-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":520,"href":"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}