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As providers, we need to be verse in all ages of patients. Pediatrics and geriatrics are subjects not heavy hit in training since we see more adults between 25-45 years of age and teenagers. As a person gets older, depending on their life style, they might be having medical problems but seem normal and not inform you that they are hurting. We need to look at all of the vitals and assess everything for both age groups, get a good SAMPLE hx and ask questions. here is an article about geriatric abdominal pain from EMS1. keep learning

Fear the geriatric abdominal pain