In hospital fall risk:

Prevention through proper identification

Franklin Danger, M.D.

Philip Mendis, D.O.

Hang Tran, D.O.

Disclosure

We have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program/presentation.

Introduction

What we know

VS

What we don't know

Fall prevention

via proper identification

Screen

Evaluate

Treat

Sources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Web–based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [online]. Accessed August 15, 2013.

National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS), National Center for Health Statistics. Health Data Interactive, Health Care Use and Expenditures. www.cdc.gov/nchs/hdi.htm. Accessed 21 December 2012.

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Vellas BJ, Wayne SJ, Romero LJ, Baumgartner RN, Garry PJ. Fear of falling and restriction of mobility in elderly fallers. Age and Ageing 1997;26:189–193.

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