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