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