Precautions To Reduce Injury

Question 1

Precautions for the bathroom

Answer 1

Hand rails, raised toilet sleeps, non-slip mats, low showers/baths

Question 2

Precautions for bedroom

Answer 2

Low beds, hospital bed, floor mat alarm

Question 3

Precautions for kitchen

Answer 3

Items within reach, automatic shut off stove, pot handles backwards, toxic chemicals out of reach

Question 4

General precautions to take for reduce injury

Answer 4

Bright lighting, use door handles, remove loose rugs, and secure electrical wires, handrails, mark edges of stairs

Question 5

What are additional interventions used to decrease risk for falls?

Answer 5

Bed/chair alarms, signage of high risk patients, sitter, place near nurses station