Post-Fall Management
The purpose of this course is to provide institutional staff with a best practice approach to the post-fall management. By having an increased knowledge or understanding of the post-fall management and its components, staff will be able to more easily explore appropriate solutions aimed at reducing the risk of further falls.
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Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Describe the importance of post fall assessment.
- List components of the post fall assessment.
- State the different definitions of falling.
- Explain the purpose of incident reports.
- List the steps to a successful post fall management program.
Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Post-Fall Assessment
- Reporting Falls
- Eliminate Serious Injury and Urgent Conditions
- Determine the Circumstances of the Fall
- Evaluate the Environment
- Assess Fall Risk
Chapter 3: Post Fall Care Process
- Implement a Post Fall Care Plan
- Interdisciplinary Care Plan Review
- Communicate Fall Risk
- Post Fall Monitoring
Chapter 4: Steps to Success
- Create a Culture of Safety
- Educate and Train Staff
- Educate Patients and Family Members
- Audit Staff Compliance.
- Assess Recurrent Fallers
- Fall Monitoring System
- Falls Evaluation or Consultation team
- Post-Fall Debriefing or Problem-Solving Conference
Chapter 5: Appendix
- Fall Report Form
- Post Fall Action Plan
- Post Fall: Care Plan Interventions
- Post Fall Checklist
- California Bill 241
- Implicit Bias in Healthcare
- What is Implicit Bias?
- Implications of Implicit Bias in Healthcare
- How to Reduce Implicit Bias
Price: $10.00
Contact Hour: 1
Course Author
Rein Tideiksaar
Rein Tideiksaar, PhD, PA-C, or Dr. Rein as he is commonly referred to, is the president of Fall Prevent, LLC, Blackwood, New Jersey, a consulting company that provides educational, legal, and marketing services related to fall prevention in the elderly.
Dr. Tideiksaar is a gerontologist, which is a health care professional who specializes in working with elderly patients, and a geriatric physician's assistant. He has been active in the area of fall prevention for over thirty years.
Course Accreditation
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