Interventions aux urgences d’une équipe mobile de gériatrie et articulation avec un suivi psychologique en gériatrie aiguë lors de la première vague de COVID-19

During spring 2020, the mobile geriatric team assisted emergency services at Strasbourg University Hospital to cope with the major increase in admissions of elderly patients infected by SARS-CoV-2. Here, we describe the elderly population admitted, the therapeutic options favoured by patients and by persons close to them, and the strategies implemented. We set out to analyze the challenges and the possible impact of geriatric evaluations in a hospital emergency department in the context of an epidemic. Finally, we describe coordination with psychologists in the short-stay geriatric department.