Serious 6 Fall resulting in a fractured The falls risk assessment was arm (humerus). not accurately scored and therefore appropriate interventions not put in place. Serious 6 Fall resulting in fractured Patient request for assistance to ribs. remove anti-embolic stockings was not acted on and patient slipped and fell. Serious 6 Fall resulting in fractured Falls risk assessment incorrectly arm (humerus). calculated and no review of risk after surgery. No interventions in place. Serious 6 Fall resulting in fractured No interventions put in place for wrist. a patient assessed as being at high risk of falling. No requirement for medical Serious 6 Fall in Radiology resulting radiation technologists (MRTs) to in skull fracture. assess patient’s risk of falls prior to radiology procedures. No handover from Emergency Care (EC) to radiology regarding patient’s risk of falling.
Serious 6 Fall resulting in a fractured arm (humerus). The falls risk assessment was not accurately scored and therefore appropriate interventions not put in place. Serious 6 Fall resulting in fractured ribs. Patient request for assistance to remove anti-embolic stockings was not acted on and patient slipped and fell. Serious 6 Fall resulting in fractured arm (humerus). Falls risk assessment incorrectly calculated and no review of risk after surgery. No interventions in place. Serious 6 Fall resulting in fractured wrist. No interventions put in place for a patient assessed as being at high risk of falling. Serious 6 Fall in Radiology resulting in skull fracture. No requirement for medical radiation technologists (MRTs) to assess patient’s risk of falls prior to radiology procedures. No handover from Emergency Care (EC) to radiology regarding patient’s risk of falling.
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