This safety decvice is used every time a pt ambulates. It goes around the waist, above or below and incision
What is a gait belt?
100
This color is what we use at Allegiance Health to identify a pt at risk for falling
What is yellow?
100
This assessment is completed on admission,every shift, upon transfer to a new unit, as condition warrants, after a fall & post op Q4HX2 to determine if the pt is at risk for falling
What is the Morse fall risk assessment
100
This box should be checked when a new fall kit is given to a pt to charge for the kit and for the pt to show up as a fall risk on the HEV board
What is "new fall kit" box?
100
45
What is the number score from the falls assessment that would make a patient a high fall risk?
200
This 4 legged device is used for patient's ambulating with 1 person. It has handle grips for the pt to hold onto while moving.
What is a walker?
200
This is put on the wrist of every high fall risk patient at the inititaion of high fall risk interventions
What is yellow armband
200
These interventions include:
Bed in low position
Call light, bedside table and personal belongings within reach
non slip footwear on when out of bed
fall risk status on whiteboard
What is low fall risk interventions
200
This tool is used to help prevent patient's from sliding out of a chair
What is a chair gripper?
200
This is used in the patient's room to communicate that how the pt ambulates and if they are a fall risk
What is white board?
300
This battery powered device is used for patient's who are weak upon standing but can hold on to handle grips
What is EZ stand?
300
These have non slip skids on both sides to help prevent patient's from falling while ambulating
What is yellow socks?
300
These interventions include:
Initiating fall risk kit
Fall risk updated on whiteboard
Assist level on whiteboard
Hourly rounding completed (4p's: pain, potty, [osition & plug)
What is high fall risk interventions
300
This location is where extra supplies from the kit (socks, chari grippers) can be found
What is below the nurse server
300
This is what is used in the hallway to indicate that a patient is a high fall risk
What is HEV board?
400
This device is used in a bed or chair to alert the nursing staff that a patient is trying to ambulate.
What is a bed/chair alarm?
400
This is posted in the patients room near the doorway to identify that they require a bed alarm
What is square bed alarm sign?
400
This tool can be given to families to help communicate to nursing when they are leaving so that the pt has the bed alarm and other fall prevention tools in place and turned back on
What is hall pass?
400
This is a tool that is given for patient's to look through to learn about ways to help prevent falling
What is fall brochure?
400
This is the acronym for staying with someone while they use the restroom
What is SBAT (Stand By Assist Toileting)?
500
In order to keep patient's safe this system has a cord plugged into it from the bed/chair alarm to alert the nursing staff to which room the alarm is going off in.
What is the call light system?
500
This is removed from the fall kit and placed on the chair
What is chair gripper?
500
This is done to ensure that pt's that require a bed alarm are safe while in the bathroom
What is stand by assisted toileting (SBAT)
500
This type of kit is available for our larger patient population and contains extra large socks
What is bariatric fall kit?
500
After a pt falls, this is done and also put into the MIDAS online reporting system