Risk factors: Poor lighting Risk factors at home: Tripping on loose rugs Risk factors: Patient history of falls Use Fall Risk wristbands for high risk patients Risk factors: Patient takes narcotics/sedatives Keep siderails on carts up Staff to be present when patient is in the bathroom (after anesthesia) Risk factors: Patient has a visual impairment Make sure pediatric beds have padded siderails Patients should wear non- slip socks Use gait belt as needed Use safety belts in the OR Risk factors: Patient uses assistive devices (cane, walker, etc.) Risk factors: Patient on multiple medications Use wheelchairs for unsteady patients Grab bars are available in the bathrooms Risk factors at home: Tripping over pets Provide crutch training as needed Make sure crutches are fit properly to patient Fall assessment completed by PAT Have PT provide walker training for total knees Risk factors: Loose cords that patients can trip over Risk factors: Slick or wet floors Make sure patients have their call lights within reach Risk factors: Poor lighting Risk factors at home: Tripping on loose rugs Risk factors: Patient history of falls Use Fall Risk wristbands for high risk patients Risk factors: Patient takes narcotics/sedatives Keep siderails on carts up Staff to be present when patient is in the bathroom (after anesthesia) Risk factors: Patient has a visual impairment Make sure pediatric beds have padded siderails Patients should wear non- slip socks Use gait belt as needed Use safety belts in the OR Risk factors: Patient uses assistive devices (cane, walker, etc.) Risk factors: Patient on multiple medications Use wheelchairs for unsteady patients Grab bars are available in the bathrooms Risk factors at home: Tripping over pets Provide crutch training as needed Make sure crutches are fit properly to patient Fall assessment completed by PAT Have PT provide walker training for total knees Risk factors: Loose cords that patients can trip over Risk factors: Slick or wet floors Make sure patients have their call lights within reach
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
I-Risk factors: Poor lighting
G-Risk factors at home: Tripping on loose rugs
I-Risk factors: Patient history of falls
B-Use Fall Risk wristbands for high risk patients
O-Risk factors: Patient takes narcotics/sedatives
O-Keep siderails on carts up
B-Staff to be present when patient is in the bathroom (after anesthesia)
G-Risk factors: Patient has a visual impairment
B-Make sure pediatric beds have padded siderails
I-Patients should wear non-slip socks
N-Use gait belt as needed
I-Use safety belts in the OR
N-Risk factors: Patient uses assistive devices (cane, walker, etc.)
B-Risk factors: Patient on multiple medications
G-Use wheelchairs for unsteady patients
G-Grab bars are available in the bathrooms
O-Risk factors at home: Tripping over pets
N-Provide crutch training as needed
G-Make sure crutches are fit properly to patient
I-Fall assessment completed by PAT
O-Have PT provide walker training for total knees
N-Risk factors: Loose cords that patients can trip over
B-Risk factors: Slick or wet floors
O-Make sure patients have their call lights within reach