The Significance Of Falls & Serious Illness

The Significance Of Falls & Serious Illness

This episode is intended to assist people in learning about falls. There are certainly many risks and numerous contributors to a fall. We discuss a few of the numerous fall risk factors such as: vision impairment, breathing issues, low oxygen, strength, fatigue, pain, gait, paralysis, proper device use, medications or other chemicals, joint issues, confusion and bowel/bladder issues. Dr Tartaglia shares a personal story about a bowel related issue resulting in a fall. We review a few factors related to facility issues and Dr Bohn is quite passionate about these contributors. We briefly discuss saftey and preventing falls. Dr Bohn shares about her fall and highlights other risks for fall. A short overview of evaluation after a fall is provided in this episode as well as the importance of fall risk evaluations are done at time of admission to a new environment. The final closing thoughts regard the phases of the fall and words of encouragement that we must all support the patient to prevent the falls before they occur.

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