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