Falls

Falls are a huge problem for the elderly. Older folks are rightly terrified of falling, and preventing falls is one of the most important things we can do for our geriatric patients. Our experts are Drs. Christy Adams and Katren Tyler from UC Davis Medical Center.

Additional resources:

Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) project: https://www.cdc.gov/steadi/index.html

CDC Still Going Strong program: https://www.cdc.gov/StillGoingStrong/

Wisconsin Institute on Healthy Aging Stepping On program: https://wihealthyaging.org/stepping-on-consumer

UC Davis Fall Prevention Program, including fall risk calculator and a video with 6 steps to reduce falls

 

Country Hits is a production of Wisconsin's South Central Regional Trauma Advisory Council. Special thanks to the  UC Davis Departments of Surgery and Emergency Medicine. Jonathan Kohler is @jekohler on Twitter and at RxCreative.