Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a patient fall prevention program on nurses' knowledge and number of patients falls in one of the teaching hospitals in Mashhad, Iran. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 600 nurses working in a hospital ...
Primary care nurse practitioners who care for older adults can minimize the risk for falls by using specific assessment and prevention strategies.关键词: Keywords fall prevention in older adults falls multifactorial fall risk assessment older adults ...
This paper, from an exercise instructor's standpoint, introduces: 1) risk management, 2) composition and teaching techniques, and 3) four examples of rhythmic exercises practiced in the Fall-Prevention Program for the elderly at Tokyo Koseinenkin Hospital. Here we define the purpose of rhythmic ...
Conclusions Fall from a height is more common in older adult female patients, but male patients have worse outcomes. Preventive measures for falls at home still are needed for the older adults of both genders.Peer Review reports Background Adults age 60 and older are the fastest growing segment...
Overall, 21 distinct BCTs were used to restructure the environment for implementation and to train, educate, enable and persuade health professionals and patients. Of the nine possible intervention functions, none of the techniques sought to restrict behaviour or incentivise behaviour change. While we ...
Holmberg M, Holmberg S, Herlitz J (2001) Factors modifying the effect of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation on survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients in Sweden. Eur Heart J 22:511–519 Hasselqvist-Ax I, Riva G, Herlitz J et al (2015) Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation in ...
Human activity recognition (HAR) is a broad research area. While there exist solutions based on sensors and vision-based technologies, these solutions suff
It's absolutely necessary for colleges to take measures to contain COVID-19, but they will backfire if they are tougher than necessary. If students feel life is too inconvenient on campus or class teaching fails to go back to normal, harsh rules like sealing off campuses may have to be re...
Those with foreign language skills can work remotely as translators. Jobs might call for translating content, teaching, transcription, medical translation, paralegal work, or handling customers at a call center. Translators also need to be skilled in computer translation programs. The highest-paying tr...
When we take a moment to think about the long-lived careers of show horses or a 30-year-old pony still teaching lessons down the road, you can’t help but appreciate the wear and tear those joints have had over the years. Sir Isaac Newton was right when he said, “A body in motion...