Fall Prevention: Interventions for Balance Problems and Risks

Accidental falls are the second most common cause of unintentional death worldwide. Learn about risk factors for falls and their impacts on the patient and medical team. This course covers prevention and interventions for falls in clinical and home settings and is offered for nursing, OT, and PT CEU.

 Upon completion of this course, you will have gained increased knowledge related to preventing falls in clinical and community-based settings. Specific learning objectives to address potential knowledge gaps include:

                  Discuss the impact of falls on patients, clinicians, caregivers, and facilities.

                 Summarise the components involved in maintaining balance.

                 Understand the primary roles of the interdisciplinary team members in managing patients at risk of impaired balance and falls.

                 Identify common risk factors for balance impairments and increased falls

                 Describe how to assess a patient for increased risk of falls.

                 Discuss appropriate fall prevention and risk mitigation strategies for individuals at increased risk of falling in both clinical and community settings.

Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #12300.