Risk factors: Patient uses assistive devices (cane, walker, etc.) Use wheelchairs for unsteady patients Use gait belt as needed Fall assessment completed by PAT Risk factors: Patient on multiple medications Risk factors: Patient takes narcotics/sedatives Risk factors: Patient history of falls Have PT provide walker training for total knees Risk factors: Loose cords that patients can trip over Risk factors: Patient has a visual impairment Risk factors: Poor lighting Patients should wear non- slip socks Risk factors: Slick or wet floors Provide crutch training as needed Staff to be present when patient is in the bathroom (after anesthesia) Make sure crutches are fit properly to patient Make sure pediatric beds have padded siderails Risk factors at home: Tripping on loose rugs Make sure patients have their call lights within reach Keep siderails on carts up Use Fall Risk wristbands for high risk patients Grab bars are available in the bathrooms Risk factors at home: Tripping over pets Use safety belts in the OR Risk factors: Patient uses assistive devices (cane, walker, etc.) Use wheelchairs for unsteady patients Use gait belt as needed Fall assessment completed by PAT Risk factors: Patient on multiple medications Risk factors: Patient takes narcotics/sedatives Risk factors: Patient history of falls Have PT provide walker training for total knees Risk factors: Loose cords that patients can trip over Risk factors: Patient has a visual impairment Risk factors: Poor lighting Patients should wear non- slip socks Risk factors: Slick or wet floors Provide crutch training as needed Staff to be present when patient is in the bathroom (after anesthesia) Make sure crutches are fit properly to patient Make sure pediatric beds have padded siderails Risk factors at home: Tripping on loose rugs Make sure patients have their call lights within reach Keep siderails on carts up Use Fall Risk wristbands for high risk patients Grab bars are available in the bathrooms Risk factors at home: Tripping over pets Use safety belts in the OR
(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.
N-Risk factors: Patient uses assistive devices (cane, walker, etc.)
G-Use wheelchairs for unsteady patients
N-Use gait belt as needed
I-Fall assessment completed by PAT
B-Risk factors: Patient on multiple medications
O-Risk factors: Patient takes narcotics/sedatives
I-Risk factors: Patient history of falls
O-Have PT provide walker training for total knees
N-Risk factors: Loose cords that patients can trip over
G-Risk factors: Patient has a visual impairment
I-Risk factors: Poor lighting
I-Patients should wear non-slip socks
B-Risk factors: Slick or wet floors
N-Provide crutch training as needed
B-Staff to be present when patient is in the bathroom (after anesthesia)
G-Make sure crutches are fit properly to patient
B-Make sure pediatric beds have padded siderails
G-Risk factors at home: Tripping on loose rugs
O-Make sure patients have their call lights within reach
O-Keep siderails on carts up
B-Use Fall Risk wristbands for high risk patients
G-Grab bars are available in the bathrooms
O-Risk factors at home: Tripping over pets
I-Use safety belts in the OR