A recent study suggests that slip and fall and trip and fall accidents in hospitals are becoming an even larger problem than in years past. The study suggests ways to improve patient safety in hospitals through patient education. It also remarks that ensuring that assistive devices like canes and walkers are availiable to patients in their hospital rooms. It goes on to say that scheduled and calculated trips to the bathroom with assistance from a nurse helps avoid falls.
The injuries that result from slip and fall accidents in a hospital include simple scapes and brusies to more serious broken bones and head traumas. The study found that patients involved in elimination falls - a fall related to using the toilet - were more likely to sustain a more serious injury. Elimination falls can occur on the way to the bathroom, inside the patient's bathroom or while a patient uses a bedside commode.
Our Fort Lauderdale slip and fall lawyers recommend hiring outside nursing assistance to oversee a loved one that is hospitalized to avoid falls.
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