Fall Prevention for Seniors
In an average year, 3 million older Americans go to the ER after a fall. Learn about fall risk assessment and strategies for fall prevention in seniors…
Covid’s Potential Impact on Falls
Higher Fall Rate of Admitted Patients During the Ongoing COVID-19 Epidemic: Is It Coincidence or Not?
Hospital alarms prove a noisy misery for patients: ‘I feel like I’m in jail.’
The (Joint) commission has estimated that of the thousands of alarms going off throughout a hospital every day, an estimated 85 to 99 percent do not require clinical intervention. Staff, facing widespread “alarm fatigue,” can miss critical alerts, leading to patient deaths. Patients may get anxious about fluctuations in heart rate or blood pressure that…
Hospital Fall Data & Claims for Hospital Injuries 2019
Hospital falls are a serious problem throughout the United States. Accidental falls are one of the most common incidents reported in hospitals. Research and studies have concluded that hundreds of thousands of patients fall during hospital stays each year in the United States.
Westchester Medical Center Health Network Urges Patients To Take Caution During Fall Prevention Awareness Month
Trips and slips are no laughing matter, as falls in the home are the number one reason for hospital visits nationwide. At Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) and the only Level I adult and pediatric trauma center in the Hudson Valley, falls have been the most common…
Too much noise from hospital alarms poses risk for patients
The sheer number — several hundred alarms per patient per day — can cause alarm fatigue. Nurses and other workers, overwhelmed or desensitized by the constant barrage, sometimes respond by turning down the volume on the devices, shutting them off or simply ignoring them — actions that can have serious, potentially fatal, consequences.