Assisted Fall Technique Step-by-Step | Skill for Nurses & Nursing Assistants

If you notice a patient beginning to fall, follow these steps to help lower them safely to floor. Always stay with the patient and call for additional help.

[nadinelangis]

I have been doing this kind of work for years. Don't want them to be on the floor but it's better for you and the client and to reduce injuries.

[jenessasaeger]

I think people are missing the point ... You are not trying to stop them from falling but to minimize the impact on the way down. You cant foght gravity but you can keep the person from hitting their head

[kapple]

ha ha - this is so much better than the british NHS video which instructs you to just push them into the nearest wall so that they can slide down that like a thrown fried egg. omg! Lordy.

very mobile yet still protects the nurses back - I wouldn't be surprised if the army developed this technique - its excellent!

[HaloMediaRecords]

This method works for elderly who weigh less than 150 lbs maybe? Good luck busting your knees when the patient is 200 lbs

[mojojeinxs]

In assistant living we do not catch falling residents. Because if someone can not vear weight they should be in skill nursing with a hoyer lift. How do you catch someone over 200 pounds when you only weigh 110? It's humanly impossible .

[lumevelyneniba]

Good content indeed, i learned so much

[nanina]

My weight is 116 lbs and my biggest patient has 440 lbs😂This looks like science fiction to me.The tutorial is good but sometimes you can't help them.

[ikr]

Hi nurse student from UK.
We were taught in manual handling to let them fall.and move away.

[mayuriniluka]

Thank you very much.your great.this vidio is very important

[jaymorgan.]

If you’re more than 130lbs good and taller than 5’8, good luck being caught. You’re hitting the ground. Just being honest. You’re too heavy to catch and nobody is trying to throw their back out not even big strong men. If we can prevent the fall we will, but on the other hand we aren’t about to throw our backs out to catch a fall or someone too heavy to catch.

[DeRocco]

i always put my leg behind them so the slide down it if they fall

[cher]

Hey can you do a video on catheterization and wound care?

[sammysam]

When patients fall, most of the time it's the CNAs doing the lifting. At least it was when I worked on Telemetry. And if you are a guy, you were the lift team

[mattkim]

Great. At the end the salaries are not worth the stress.

[_GandalfTheGrey_]

How often does this happen on an average day?

[pweetypoo]

In Australia this is not taught to us. It's against the rules to assist in falls.

[Anonymous-soho]

This is great and all but I have a much faster method

[jaymorgan.]

The patient has the right to fall. I ensure resident safety but if the resident stands up without assistance or they’re just too weak to walk then they shouldn’t walk! Too many are stubborn. The floor is where they will land. If anyone disagrees they are lying.

[C]

She should have quickly rushed over there, stopped him and put him back in bed.Happened to me many times and I followed my instincts quickly. Falls are NO joke.

[ronaldmoore]

Women lack the upper body strength to do this. It only works if the patient is able to assist.