Restraints
Devices used to limit a patient's movement.
What are restraints?
A hospital may do this to help for an emergency.
What is perform drills?
The meaning of the acronym PASS.
What is Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep?
Age group by which aspiration puts them at a safety risk at home?
Who are toddlers?
Scale use to determine risk for falls.
What is the Morse Fall Scale?
This acronym is used for fire safety.
What is R.A.C.E.?
(Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Evacuate)
Side rails and lap belts are this type of restraint.
What are physical restraints?
Governing agency that mandates and monitors hospital emergency management.
What is Joint Commission?
A sudden surge in the brain that is a medical emergency.
What is a seizure?
Who are older adults?
Examples include visual impairment, home hazards, orthostatic hypotension.
What is a modifiable fall risk factor?
Overhead announcements of color-coded emergencies.
What is alarm management?
What are alternatives to restraints ?
Color code for a cardiac or respiratory arrest.
What is Code Blue?
Nursing intervention to keep patient safe during a seizure.
What is call for help?
Who are adolescents?
Example include lack of stair handrails, dim lighting, and slippery surfaces.
What is an extrinsic or environmental risk factor?
Ways to maintain patient safety in a facility.
What is
•Encourage patients to speak up
Orienting the Person to Surroundings
•Preventing Falls in the Health Care Facility
•Using Restraints in Health Care Facilities?
•Follow protocols, policies, and procedures to protect patients
•2 patient identifiers
•Timeout for procedures
The person responsible for the safety of the patient who is in a restraint.
Who is the nurse?
The patients who are relocated first in an emergency.
Who are ambulatory patients?
Teaching point to families about how to keep their loved one safe during a seizure.
What is don't put anything in mouth?
What is injury prevention in the home?
A nurse can do this to help prevent a fall in the hospital.
What is hourly rounding?
This acronym is used for active shooter response.
What is Run, Hide, or Fight?
What is 1:1 monitoring?
In emergency management, this class is given the lowest priority and are expected to die.
What is expectant?
Cushions on side rails for patients who may experience a seizure.
What are seizure pads?
A medication error that led to the death of a patient.
What is a sentinel event?
Call bell within reach, bed in low position, regular toileting.
What are fall prevention interventions in the hospital?
This group of patients are discharged or relocated first during an emergency management in a facility.
Who are ambulatory patients?
•Ambulatory patients requiring minimal care are discharged or relocated FIRST
•Patients requiring assistance are NEXT
•Patients who are unstable and/or require nursing care and not discharged or relocated unless they are in imminent danger