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Slips, Trips, and Falls in Healthcare Environments
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Essential Provider : KnowledgeCity 8 Lessons · 17m in English
Course Description
In healthcare environments, there are a number of potential hazards for slips, trips, and falls. We often take the science behind how we keep ourselves upright for granted, but the workplace calls for more intentional movement patterns. The way we interact with objects high and low at the workplace, as well as the way we carry objects between workstations, significantly impacts how well we can preserve our balance and avoid injury. In this course on Slips, Trips, and Falls in Healthcare Environments, you’ll explore what threatens your balance, how to minimize the impact of a fall, and what to do when falls cause injury.
Slips, trips, and falls cause more serious injuries—or worse—at work than in other parts of our lives. Even falling from standing is dangerous enough to be worth the care and consideration to avoid. In this course, we’ll review the kinds of injuries falls cause, how they happen, what hazards make us fall, and how to use safety equipment to make sure we don’t fall.
What You'll Learn
- Recognize slip, trip, and fall hazards in healthcare environments
- Identify appropriate work footwear for maintaining balance and safety
- Assess when fall-related injuries need emergency attention
- Explain how center of gravity and balance are maintained at work
- Apply housekeeping, maintenance, and walking-surface practices that reduce fall risk
- Demonstrate how to fall properly and provide first aid to minimize injury
Key Takeaways
- Slips, trips, and falls cause more serious injuries at work than in other parts of daily life, making prevention essential.
- Even a fall from standing height is dangerous enough to warrant care and consideration to avoid.
- How we interact with objects placed high and low, and how we carry items between workstations, significantly affects balance and injury risk.
- Understanding what threatens balance, how falls happen, and which hazards cause them helps workers prevent injury.
- Knowing how to fall properly and when injuries need emergency attention helps minimize the impact of a fall.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is designed for people working in healthcare environments, where there are a number of potential hazards for slips, trips, and falls.
What does this course cover?
It covers what threatens your balance, how slips, trips, and falls happen, the hazards that cause them, the kinds of injuries falls cause, how to use safety equipment to avoid falling, how to minimize the impact of a fall, and what to do when falls cause injury.
What skills will I gain?
The course builds skills in fall prevention, fall protection, fall risk management, injury prevention, addressing occupational injuries, and workplace safety.
What topics are included in the lessons?
Lessons cover center of gravity and maintaining balance, slips, trips, and falls, walking surfaces, housekeeping and maintenance, footwear, and how to fall properly and first aid.
