# Presentation: 535376

## Falls Toolkit

**Version 1**

- JEOPARDY

## 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**

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**Note-book**

**Media Box**

**Website**

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## Background for 100

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

***What is a ***
***Fall?**** *

- _[QUESTION BOARD](slide3.xml)_

## Background for 200

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

***What is a***
***Fall?**** *

- _[QUESTION BOARD](slide3.xml)_

## Background for 300

**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**
**$33,000**

***What is the average cost of a fall in the VA?***

- _[QUESTION BOARD](slide3.xml)_

## Background for 400

**Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors**

***What are the two categories of risk factors for falls?***

- _[QUESTION BOARD](slide3.xml)_

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**Fall risk factors that are related to a person’s physiological condition.**

***What are intrinsic factors? ***

- _[QUESTION BOARD](slide3.xml)_

## Background for 600

_**Background for 600**_

**Fall risk factors that are related to the physical environment.**

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## Background for 700

**Fall risk factors that can be addressed *****before***** the patient falls.**

***What are anticipated fall risk factors?***

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**Fall risk factors that cannot necessarily be addressed before a patient falls.**

*What are unanticipated fall risk factors.*

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## 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.**

*What are **restraints?*

- _[QUESTION BOARD](slide3.xml)_

## Background for 1000

**A fracture of the Femur near the Greater Trochanter.**

***What is a ******hip fracture?***

- _[QUESTION BOARD](slide3.xml)_

## 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**

***What is the Falls Toolkit Notebook?***

- _[QUESTION BOARD](slide3.xml)_

## Notebook for 200

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

***What is the Instructions section?***

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## Notebook for 300

**Contains information on implementing an interdisciplinary falls team.**

***What is the Falls Team section?***

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## Notebook for 400

**Contains information on developing a falls prevention policy and an example policy.**

***What is the Falls Policy section?***

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## Notebook for 500 

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

***What is the Interventions section?***

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## Notebook for 600 

**Provides tools for showing a reduction in falls and fall related injury. **

***What is the Measuring Success section?***

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## Notebook for 700 

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

***What is the Resources section?***

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## Notebook for 800 

**Provides supplemental materials for each of the videos in the toolkit.**

-       ***What are the Video sections?***

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## Notebook for 900 

**The high fall-risk room set up is explained in this section.**

***What is the Interventions section?***

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## Notebook for 1000 

**To find information on calculating fall rates and developing graphs to show improvement look in this section.**

***What is the Measuring Success section?***

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## Media Box for 100

**This part of the Falls Toolkit contains sample posters, buttons and educational videos.**

***What is the Falls Toolkit Media Box?***

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## 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. **

***What are the buttons?***

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## Media Box for 300

**This flier, in the media box, provides patients with information on the risk of falls.**

***What is the flier “Are you or a loved one at risk for falls?”***

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## Media Box for 400

**There is one of these, which contains 3 vignettes.**

***What is the video tape?***

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## Media Box for 500

**Each vignette is on its own one of these.**

***What is a Video CD or VCD?***

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## 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.**

***What are the pamphlets?***

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## Media Box for 700

**This will raise awareness among staff about the key elements to prevent patient falls and fall related injuries.**

***What is the “Preventing Falls and Fall Related Injuries” poster?***

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## Media Box for 800

**This test for fall risk is explained in a flier for primary care providers.**

***What is the Timed Up & Go Test ?***

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## Media Box for 900

**This cognitive aid for nurses performing the Morse Fall Risk Assessment is located in the media box.**

***What is the Morse Fall Risk Assessment Pocket Card?****** ***

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## Media Box for 1000

**This has electronic versions of everything in the media box.**

***What is the Falls Toolkit CD-ROM or Website?***

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## It is found on vaww.ncps.med.va.gov/fallstoolkit
Or
www.patientsafety.gov/fallstoolkit

**Or**
**www.patientsafety.gov/fallstoolkit**

***Where is the Falls Toolkit website?***

_**Website for 100**_

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## Website for 200

**The CD-ROM found in the toolkit contains the initial version.**

***What is the Falls Toolkit website?***

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## Website for 300

**Home, Getting Started, Falls Notebook, Media Tools, Resources and Contact Us**

***What are the six main pages of the Falls Toolkit website?***

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## Website for 400

**This section of the website contains electronic versions of everything in the Falls Toolkit Notebook.**

***What is the Falls Notebook section?***

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## Website for 500

** ****This section contains information that is not printed in the notebook. **

***What is the Resources Section?***

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## Website for 600

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

***What is the Resources page?***

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## Website for 700

**Spread documents from the NCPS Falls Collaborative are located on this page.**

***What is the Resources page?***

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## Website for 800

**This will occur annually.**

***How often will the website be updated?***

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## Website for 900

**This guide provides resources for educating patients and staff on falls prevention.**

***What is the Educational Resource Guide?***

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## Website for 1000

**Email addresses for specific staff at NCPS and the main phone number for NCPS.**

***What is on the Contact Us page?***

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## Videos for 100

**“****Performing a Balance Assessment”**
**“****Hip Protectors in an Inpatient Setting”**
**“****Protecting Your Hips with Hip Protectors”**

***What are the three videos included in the Falls Toolkit?***

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## Videos for 200

**This video is designed specifically for educating patients.**

***What is “Protecting Your Hips with Hip Protectors”?***

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## Videos for 300

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

***What is “Hip Protectors in an Inpatient Setting”?***

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## Videos for 400

**This video is designed for Rehabilitation Therapists ONLY.**** **

***What is “Performing a Balance Assessment”?***

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## Videos for 500

**The Falls Toolkit Media Box**

***Where are the videos located?***

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## Videos for 600

**Video CD and VHS**

***What format are the videos in?***

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## Videos for 700

**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**
**There is a dangerous maneuver that should only be performed by a rehabilitation therapist.**

***Why is the “Performing a Balance Assessment” video for Rehabilitation Therapists ONLY?***

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## Videos for 800

**The materials relating to the videos are located in their respective sections of this part of the falls toolkit.**

***What is the Falls Toolkit Notebook?***

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## Videos for 900

**This video should be used to educate patients when providing them with hip protectors.**

***What is “Protecting Your Hips with Hip Protectors”?***

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## Videos for 1000

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

***What is a Video CD or VCD?***

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## 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.**