Emergency Room Doctors and Nurses Call for Mental Health Help for Kids
American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Emergency Nurses Association released a policy statement calling for more help for kids in emergency mental health crises.
Alzheimer’s mainly affects the elderly, who are eligible for Medicare, but people under 65 — even, rarely, as young as their 30s — also can get diagnosed. They are more likely to have commercial coverage.
Some doctors say the drug should be held for three weeks before sedation to accommodate the delayed emptying of the stomach, which can cause patients to inhale food and liquid into their lungs.