Falls Management

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Daily-note bank — change-of-condition / at-risk days

Scenario

Model daily note (edit to the shift)

Unwitnessed fall on anticoagulant

Found on the floor 03:20, on apixaban: injury survey (no deformity), neuro checks q15min then per protocol, vitals stable, unwitnessed LOC. SBAR 03:35; head CT + neuro checks ordered; representative notified 03:40; mat and hourly rounding added; Section J coded; root-cause initiated.

Fall with suspected hip fracture

Right leg shortened/externally rotated, cannot bear weight, pain 8/10 — immobilized, limb not moved, vitals obtained; SBAR, transfer order; representative notified; transfer packet sent; Section J coded; care plan revised on return.

Fall with head strike + deterioration

Witnessed fall with head strike; 30 min later new drowsiness and one-sided weakness — activated EMS/transfer, provider and representative notified, time last-known-well documented; neuro deterioration and interventions recorded.

Linked disease-specific scenarios

Bleeding management on anticoagulation routes to the Anticoagulation overlay; the deficit exam routes to the Neurological reference; gait/weight-bearing and fracture aftercare route to Musculoskeletal.

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