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