As more and more patients enter the hospital through the ED, emergency nurses are not only tasked with saving lives in emergencies – but they’re also responsible for keeping patients safe from adverse outcomes such as falls. In this educational webinar we will share eye-opening statistics, discuss human and financial costs of falls, identify risk factors and interventions, and focus on evidence-based practices in the utilization of technology for prevention of patient falls.

Course Objectives: 

• Distinguish between the different types of falls
• Discuss human and financial costs of a fall
• Identify ED-specific risk factors for falls
• Discuss evidence-based fall prevention practices in the emergency department
• Discuss integration of technology into fall and injury prevention practices