Falls Toolkit

1. Falls Toolkit Version 1

2. HOW TO PLAY FALLS TOOLKIT JEOPARDY Click on the numbers under each category to see the question After reading the question, click your mouse button to see the answer Click on the words in the arrow to go back to the Jeopardy Question Board and select another question Click your mouse to continue

4. Background for 100 The most common adverse event in the VHA, and can lead to fractures, traumatic brain injuries and premature death.

5. Background for 200 The leading cause of death due to injury for those 65 years of age and older.

6. Background for 300 DOUBLE JEOPARDY $33,000

7. Background for 400 Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors

8. Background for 500 Fall risk factors that are related to a person�s physiological condition.

9. Background for 600 Fall risk factors that are related to the physical environment.

10. Background for 700 Fall risk factors that can be addressed before the patient falls.

11. Background for 800 Fall risk factors that cannot necessarily be addressed before a patient falls.

12. Background for 900 JCAHO limits these to �emergencies in which there is an imminent risk of a patient physically harming himself or herself, staff, or others, and nonphysical interventions would not be effective.� Therefore these are not appropriate measures for fall prevention.

13. Background for 1000 A fracture of the Femur near the Greater Trochanter.

14. Notebook for 100 This part of the falls toolkit contains the bulk of the information on developing and measuring the success of a falls prevention program

15. Notebook for 200 This section of the notebook explains how to use the toolkit and provides ideas on educational packets for staff.

16. Notebook for 300 Contains information on implementing an interdisciplinary falls team.

17. Notebook for 400 Contains information on developing a falls prevention policy and an example policy.

18. Notebook for 500 Ideas on creating a safe environment, preventing injury to patients and individualizing prevention strategies are provided in this section.

19. Notebook for 600 Provides tools for showing a reduction in falls and fall related injury.

20. Notebook for 700 Contains an annotated bibliography and quick facts of articles relating to falls and injury prevention. The articles are arranged by topic.

21. Notebook for 800 Provides supplemental materials for each of the videos in the toolkit.

22. Notebook for 900 The high fall-risk room set up is explained in this section.

23. Notebook for 1000 To find information on calculating fall rates and developing graphs to show improvement look in this section.

24. Media Box for 100 This part of the Falls Toolkit contains sample posters, buttons and educational videos.

25. Media Box for 200 There are 5 examples of each design in the media box. They are for identifying fall resources on units or shifts.

26. Media Box for 300 This flier, in the media box, provides patients with information on the risk of falls.

27. Media Box for 400 There is one of these, which contains 3 vignettes.

28. Media Box for 500 Each vignette is on its own one of these.

29. Media Box for 600 There are two of these for patient education. One is about hip protectors, the other is on conducting a home environmental assessment.

30. Media Box for 700 This will raise awareness among staff about the key elements to prevent patient falls and fall related injuries.

31. Media Box for 800 This test for fall risk is explained in a flier for primary care providers.

32. Media Box for 900 This cognitive aid for nurses performing the Morse Fall Risk Assessment is located in the media box.

33. Media Box for 1000 This has electronic versions of everything in the media box.

34. It is found on vaww.ncps.med.va.gov/fallstoolkit Or www.patientsafety.gov/fallstoolkit Website for 100

35. Website for 200 The CD-ROM found in the toolkit contains the initial version.

36. Website for 300 Home, Getting Started, Falls Notebook, Media Tools, Resources and Contact Us

37. Website for 400 This section of the website contains electronic versions of everything in the Falls Toolkit Notebook.

38. Website for 500 This section contains information that is not printed in the notebook.

39. Website for 600 This page contains tools for calculating fall rates, educating patients and staff and fall related websites.

40. Website for 700 Spread documents from the NCPS Falls Collaborative are located on this page.

41. Website for 800 This will occur annually.

42. Website for 900 This guide provides resources for educating patients and staff on falls prevention.

43. Website for 1000 Email addresses for specific staff at NCPS and the main phone number for NCPS.

44. Videos for 100 �Performing a Balance Assessment� �Hip Protectors in an Inpatient Setting� �Protecting Your Hips with Hip Protectors�

45. Videos for 200 This video is designed specifically for educating patients.

46. Videos for 300 This video is for educating nursing staff on the use of hip protectors as part of a fall prevention program.

47. Videos for 400 This video is designed for Rehabilitation Therapists ONLY.

48. Videos for 500 The Falls Toolkit Media Box

49. Videos for 600 Video CD and VHS

50. Videos for 700 DOUBLE JEOPARDY There is a dangerous maneuver that should only be performed by a rehabilitation therapist.

51. Videos for 800 The materials relating to the videos are located in their respective sections of this part of the falls toolkit.

52. Videos for 900 This video should be used to educate patients when providing them with hip protectors.

53. Videos for 1000 This format of the videos can be viewed on any computer that has Widows Media Player or a similar program.

54. Certificate of Completion This certificate is to acknowledge that ___________________________ (write name above) Completed the Falls Toolkit Jeopardy training. Please print out this certificate and provide it to your education coordinator.