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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Fall Rate"”.
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Fall Reduction with Nursing Interventions
… aim of the project is to reduce the patient’s fall rate in the medical surgical unit at an acute care hospital through improving the fall precaution process. </strong>The unit consists of 37 bed with a population of stroke, medical, and surgical patients. The focus of the nursing staff …
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A Multi-Prong Fall Awareness Program to Reduce the Occurrence of Falls in a Skilled Nursing Unit
<p>Abstract</p> <p>A multi-prong falls awareness program to reduce the occurrence of falls in a skilled nursing unit</p> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Fall awareness program, skilled nursing unit, fall rate</p> <p>The project goal was to reduce the patient fall rate by 20% by implementing a fall …
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Understanding the effects of obesity and age on likelihood of tripping and subsequent balance recovery
Fall related injuries are a major public health concern due to their high associated medical costs and negative impact on quality of life. Obese and older adults are reported to fall more frequently than their normal-weight and young counterparts. To help identify potential mechanisms of these …
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Comparative analysis of image search algorithm using average RGB, local color histogram, global color histogram and color moment HSV
… Recall, Accuracy, Redundancy Factor and Fall Rate. The results were then analysed and compared. The comparison was shown in bar graphs that the Average RGB technique has the best performance, where it obtained high accuracy. As a conclusion to the report, this comparative study …
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The Effects Orthostatic Hypotension has on Falls: A study done in San Francisco with the Patient Population of the Veterans Affairs Hospital
<p>The Effects Orthostatic Hypotension has on Falls: A Study Done in San Francisco Represented</p> <p>Population of the Veterans Affairs Hoapital</p> <p>The global AIM of this project is to Identify patients that are at risk for Orthostatic Hypotension (OH) with in the first 24 hours of addmission. …
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FALL PREVENTION IN THE ED
… project focuses on the prevention of patient falls in the emergency department (ED). Kaiser Santa Clara Hospital is an academic medical facility in the heart of Silicon Valley. The facility has a 46 bed ED with an average daily census of 220, specializing in stroke, pediatrics, heart, and …
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Fall Prevention
<p>Fall Prevention Abstract</p> <p><strong>Background: </strong>According to the CDC, the medical cost for falls was approximately $30 billion in 2012. When a patient falls, and gets serious injury, these costs could sum up to $14,056 per patient. As a result, hospital stays per patient are …
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From Lab to Outdoors: The Effects of Terrain, Environment, Amputation level, and Prosthetic Knee Type on Gait
… increased difficulty walking and a higher fall rate compared to non-amputees, which may be exacerbated by environment, terrain, or prosthesis componentry. Due to the importance of walking on various terrain for increased quality of life as well as the differences between prosthesis …
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Factors contributing to falls in a tertiary acute care setting in Cape Town, South Africa: a descriptive study
Introduction. Patient falls occur frequently in the acute hospital setting and are one of the most common adverse events experienced by hospitalised patients. In-hospital falls have negative outcomes for patients, causing injuries in up to half of those who fall. Falls in hospital create additional …