Abstract
The Emergency Department (ED), just like any other unit in an acute care hospital, is vulnerable to patient falls. This ED has seen an increase in patient falls during FY17 compared to FY16. With this increasing trend, the ED leadership team has created a taskforce to address this problem and create a process to prevent future falls by initiating a root-cause analysis. Use of post-fall huddles was recommended by The Joint Commission when a Sentinel Event Alert was issued to respond to problems of patient falls and fall-related injuries in health care facilities. Although literatures that recommend and support the use of post-fall huddles in inpatient and long-term settings are plenty, limited literatures can be found outlining the benefit of its use in the ED.
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Process Improvement, Falls, Emergency Departments
Recommended Citation
Lugod, Maureen, "Help me I've fallen! Implementing Post-fall huddles in the ED" (2020). General Submissions: Presenations (Oral and Poster). 94.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/gen_sub_presentations/2019/posters/94
Conference Name
Emergency Nursing 2019
Conference Host
Emergency Nurses Association
Conference Location
Austin, Texas, USA
Conference Year
2019
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Help me I've fallen! Implementing Post-fall huddles in the ED
Austin, Texas, USA
The Emergency Department (ED), just like any other unit in an acute care hospital, is vulnerable to patient falls. This ED has seen an increase in patient falls during FY17 compared to FY16. With this increasing trend, the ED leadership team has created a taskforce to address this problem and create a process to prevent future falls by initiating a root-cause analysis. Use of post-fall huddles was recommended by The Joint Commission when a Sentinel Event Alert was issued to respond to problems of patient falls and fall-related injuries in health care facilities. Although literatures that recommend and support the use of post-fall huddles in inpatient and long-term settings are plenty, limited literatures can be found outlining the benefit of its use in the ED.