Falls are dangerous and it can happen to anyone anywhere no matter the age, escpecially dangerous in ederly people. Immobility from broken bones, traumatic brain injury can be a result of a fall. According to WHO, Falls are the second leading cause of accidental injury death worldwide. The US population is aging everyday, as people age, it increases the number of falls. This paper will discuss about my current state of knowlegde about risk factors and prevention methods.
Falls are multifactorial. Individiual intrinsic factors such as age and fracture. For example, 20-30% people age 65 or older who fall with moderate and servere injuries (who). Age assocites with osteoprosis which is found widespread among women. Osteoprosis is a bone diease, …show more content…
Fall prevention is not simple. The is no conclusive evidence for any particular set of interventions that will consistenly prevent falls. Spoelstra et al. (2012) indentified interventions that have shown some success in reducing hospital fall rates such as: developing a culture of safety, including ongoing staff education, creating awareness among staff and feedback on fall incidents; using validated fall risk assessments that are predictive of fall; advising patient to change position slowly, and empowering patients to take an active role in their own safety; encourage patient to use eye glassess, hearing aid, nonskid footware provided, and mobility devides, call for assistance; nurses offer toilet use and care safety round every 2 hours. Fall prevention strategies must be targeted to specific patient risks. For instant, if a patient has postural hypotension, a nurse might choose a low bed and the practice of dangling the patient for 5 minutes on the side of bed before trying to ambulate. Or a patient with a history of urinary incontinence might be given a bedside commode to
Falls are multifactorial. Individiual intrinsic factors such as age and fracture. For example, 20-30% people age 65 or older who fall with moderate and servere injuries (who). Age assocites with osteoprosis which is found widespread among women. Osteoprosis is a bone diease, …show more content…
Fall prevention is not simple. The is no conclusive evidence for any particular set of interventions that will consistenly prevent falls. Spoelstra et al. (2012) indentified interventions that have shown some success in reducing hospital fall rates such as: developing a culture of safety, including ongoing staff education, creating awareness among staff and feedback on fall incidents; using validated fall risk assessments that are predictive of fall; advising patient to change position slowly, and empowering patients to take an active role in their own safety; encourage patient to use eye glassess, hearing aid, nonskid footware provided, and mobility devides, call for assistance; nurses offer toilet use and care safety round every 2 hours. Fall prevention strategies must be targeted to specific patient risks. For instant, if a patient has postural hypotension, a nurse might choose a low bed and the practice of dangling the patient for 5 minutes on the side of bed before trying to ambulate. Or a patient with a history of urinary incontinence might be given a bedside commode to