Patient handling is a part of the work that a large percentage of FLHS employees provide.
Our annual education offers great information about how to keep yourself and our patients safe. Please make sure you are completing your modules, because before you know it, December will be here.
Any questions about this education module, please get in touch with your supervisor or manager!
Last Tuesday, we had an opportunity to test our skills relating to a “Code Pink”, truly reminding us that every time we have a drill, we either learn something new or find an area of opportunity to improve.
During last week’s drill, we enlisted the help of one of our OB patients and her husband after we discussed the importance of training through “live” scenarios.
Here is a recap of the scenario:
The mother was to come out of her bathroom and find her baby missing, using her call light to report it. The nurse responded by coming to her room and initiating a “Code Pink” as it was announced overhead but not indicated that it was a drill. The response of our staff was phenomenal and employees went to the exits throughout the hospital as they are trained to do. Unfortunately what the observers witnessed was that the “perpetrator” had already made it outside the hospital when the overhead page was announced. Also noted was one PT staff did go outside when she saw a man with a car seat walking towards a vehicle and intercepted him at his car. She then checked the car seat and bag to find the doll. The “all clear” was announced only 4 minutes after the code was called.
Opportunities for improvement are:
Please take time to review the “Infant/Child Security Policy” to keep the steps of action foremost in your mind. Feel free to reach out to either myself, Jamie Hendrix, Katie Linden, Jill Sawyer if you have questions or any feedback.
-Gail Lobell, RN-C, MNN
On our journey to become a “baby friendly” hospital, we are introducing another component that supports this initiative, The Golden Hour. It is found that an uninterrupted hour after birth is enormously beneficial to a child’s growth and development. This gives moms and dads a chance to bond before introducing their new one to the rest of their friends and family. Signage will be posted in each birthing room and throughout the waiting area.
A big thank you to Lindsey Klar, David, and their baby, Lucy, for this great picture depicting this!
Sara Stedy helps to minimize manual handling by caregivers in an even wider range of healthcare situations.
It has enhanced features include a pivoting divided seat and pedal-operated chassis legs that ensure improved comfort and support, and make working routines easier for caregivers. The Sara Stedy we purchased has a new seat shape with increased inner width and a new safe working load of 400 lbs (182 kg), Sara Stedy to meet the standing assistance needs of larger residents/patients.
Sorrel King, nationally renowned patient safety advocate and speaker will share the events that led to her daughter Josie’s tragic death due to medical errors.
Come hear Josie’s story and learn about the innovative patient safety efforts the Josie King Foundation has inspired, and most importantly the crucial role you play in preventing further deaths due to medical errors. Along with Sorrel, our hope is that the sharing of Josie’s story will inspire change thus creating a better, safer healthcare industry for us all.
Tuesday, October 20 @ 7pm, in the Performing Arts Center at the Cambridge-Isanti High School. Click here to download the poster
