PRE-HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR ELDERLY POPULATION IN TBILISI.

The importance of the issue is determined by the current demographic situation in Georgia and the world in general. The trend of growing the number of older people and the increase of the life span is obvious. At the same time in the number of countries, particularly in the developed western countries and Japan, the decrease of birth rate is noticed.

Treatment characteristics in elderly.

The pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of medications, their therapeutic and toxic effects are age dependant. In the treatment of old people polypharmacy is widely used. The most common results of polypharmacy are increased adverse drug reactions, drug-drug interactions.