Reducing
The Risk
Of Patient/Resident Falls
Patient slips and falls still account
for the most common causes of patient injury in health care facilities.
You can use all of any part of the instruction material in this kit to
help teach your staff to more accurately identify those at risk of falling
and interventions to reduce the risk of patient or resident falls.

TOPICS
COVERED
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Intrinsic
and extrinsic factors that place patients/residents at risk of
falling. |
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Assessment
and re-assessment of patients/residents for fall potential. |
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Instituting
fall precautions. |
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Documenting
patient/resident falls using the "SPLATT" acronym |
LEARNER
OBJECTIVES
Upon
completion of this study program the learner should be able to:
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Identify patients/residents who are at greatest risk of falling; |
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Distinguish between extrinsic and intrinsic risk factors and determine
which are |
controllable
and may reduce the risk of falling;
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Identify
patients/residents who are at greatest risk of falling;
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Assess your patient/resident to determine the relative level of fall
risk; |
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Identify mobility problems that increase fall risks;
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Appropriately institute fall precautions in
at-risk patients to promote safety; |
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Provide accurate and thorough documentation in
the clinical record using the |
"SPLATT" acronym in the event of a patient/resident
fall.
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Formats
Available
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Cost
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| Self-study packet |
$40
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| CD-ROM version for self-study |
$20
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| Instructor slides (PowerPoint
format) CD-ROM |
$12
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| Instructor slides (PowerPoint)
3.5" disk |
$10
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Complete
Instruction Set (includes
one self-study packet with reproducible test and scoring guidelines,
CD-ROM version for self-study, Instructor Slides and lesson plan for
classroom presentation, learning reinforcement game ideas, MindMaps and bonus word games useful for testing or learning
reinforcement).
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$75
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Instruction Mini-Kit
All the same great
training material
EXCEPT the self-study
module, contained on 3 CD's. Test, lesson plan, MindMaps, and word
games in Wordİ format and ready to print. Self-study CD and instructor
slides in PowerPointİ
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$35
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