The shocking sound of…

…your patient crashing to the ground in the shower cubicle…and the bloodcurdling screams!

You took your patient to the shower, made sure she had everything, shampoo, soap, towels… ‘Just wait for me – I’ll come and take you back to your bed,’ you call as you hurry off to answer the buzzer of another patient. What just happened? She said she felt dizzy and slipped on the wet shower floor.

It could be the dementia, the diabetic peripheral neuropathy (numb feet) or the pain-killing medication she had this morning, or a combination of everything.

Can Slips, Trips and Falls be avoided?

Click on the link to ‘Slips, Trips and Falls: The ‘Nurse you’re killing me’ series’ http://www.amazon.com/Slips-Trips-Falls-Nurse-killing-ebook/dp/B00HJAAHLQ 2013                       (# 1 best seller in personal injury law) and

Sharp Clinical Solutions for the Prevention of Falls 2014 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00P8F83HO or copy and paste in your browser. Could this have been avoided? In all probability it could have been… We just have to get rid of silly nursing rituals that put patients at risk of falling… Read about the alternatives in my books.