Tools to Help Prevent Falls and Fractures

Falls account for 70% of patient accidents inside hospitals. Tile floors can be slick, furniture and IV poles are on wheels, patients are often dizzy from medication, and most patients are weak from illness and surgery. It’s a perfect storm for falls.

• Supply your loved one with non-skid socks.
  

• Red socks will signal to medical staff that you are very concerned about your loved one taking a fall. (Be sure to tell them about it!)
  

• Bring a three- or four-pronged cane for your loved one to use. This type doesn’t buckle as easily as the single-stick cane.

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• What’s the Harm in Health Care?

  One-third of all hospital patients are harmed or killed by accident every year in American hospitals -- about 13 million patients.

  
  Preventable hospital accidents claim almost 300,000 lives -- equal to 3 jets crashing every single day of the year in America, with no survivors.

  
  Most of these deaths and injury are among older patients, and most result from a strained health care system seriously short on nurses and other critical resources.
  

• Our Solution

  CampaignZERO offers simple explanations about how common hospital hazards occur and easy checklists to help families safeguard their loved ones' care in the hospital.

• Why Checklists for Families?

  Every patient needs a family member or friend with them in the hospital -- yet few of us are prepared for this important role.

  
  Our simple little checklists can be a big help.

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