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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/saworksheet.pdf
June 02, 2025 - the On-Time electronic
reports into current workflow to help inform pressure ulcer wound interventions … Ulcer Healing Tool
BWAT – Bates-Jenson Wound Assessment
Tool
None of the above
Other … Injury Alliance’s Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers
Guidelines
Wound, Ostomy, and Continence … Pressure ulcer debridement?
Selection of dressings based on wound
characteristics? … Wound cleansing?
Assessing the resident for pain?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44388/psn-pdf
October 14, 2015 - The study
looked at four nursing-sensitive adverse outcomes: pressure ulcers, falls with injuries, catheter-associated … hospitals had significantly fewer
of these hospital-acquired conditions, except for patient falls with injury … medicares-policy-not-pay-treating-hospital-acquired-conditions-impact
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-injury
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb130.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Introduction
All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are small open motorized vehicles
designed with large low-pressure … Annual Report of ATV-Related Deaths and Injuries. … Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care 69(6): 1344–1349.
5 Aitken, M. E., C. J. … ED visits for ATV injuries were more likely to occur
on a weekend than the total of other injury-related … Compared with all injury related visits, those for ATV injuries were more likely to be
covered by private
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/mod3sess2.html
October 01, 2014 - Additional Tools and Resources
Limiting Falls that Cause Injury
Residents in long-term … However, what we can do is eliminate needless falls and limit the injuries from falls that do occur. … Things about the equipment or care plan (e.g., monitor blood pressure frequently). … Things about equipment or the care plan, including:
More frequent blood pressure monitoring. … Relationship between physical restraint removal and falls and injuries among nursing home residents.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapc.html
December 01, 2017 - She was assessed to have no injuries resulting from the fall. … Physical restraint—increases risk of serious injury. … Full side rails—increase risk of serious injury. … .
___ provide frequent reminders about call bell.
___ conduct trial use of a change in position/pressure … Use of pressure, position alarm.
Use of hip protectors.
No physical restraint use.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/park-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - • Hypothesis 4: Higher unit patient turnover will be associated with more pressure injuries
and falls … NDNQI
Unit-acquired
pressure injury Unit
Number of patients who acquired a pressure ulcer after
arrival … , Poisson regression modeling for falls and injury falls and logistic
regression modeling for pressure … falls, and pressure injuries, as reported by NDNQI. … Unit-level patient
outcomes of falls, injury falls, and pressure injuries were not statistically significant
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar5_pu_riskassesst-tools.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Adv Skin Wound
Care 2001;14(3):133-7.
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Resources
• John A. … Injury Alliance. … Adv Skin Wound Care 2012;
25(4):167-88.
• Rapp MP, Bergstrom N, Padhye NC. … Adv Skin Wound
Care 2009;22(11):506-13.
• Shanks HT, Kleinhelter P, Baker J. … Adv Skin Wound Care 2011;24(12):562-70.
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http://www.hartfordign.org/practice/try_this/
Using Pressure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-2019-updated.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Conditions
National efforts to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such
as adverse drug events and injuries … CLABSI+
-6%
Clostridioides
difficile
Infections
-37%
Falls
-5%
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
-3%
Pressure
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb207-Sports-Hospital-Emergency-Department-2013.jsp
July 01, 2016 - wound: 12; other diagnosis: 6; intracranial injury: 5. … Other common, specific types of injuries included open wounds (12 percent) and intracranial injuries … Bicycle riding: sprain: 11; fracture: 22; superficial injury: 26; open wound: 19; intracranial injury … Basketball: sprain: 40; fracture: 16; superficial injury: 11; open wound: 10; intracranial injury: 3; … Soccer: sprain: 31; other injury: 21; superficial injury: 15; open wound: 6; intracranial injury: 6;
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/852447/psn-pdf
August 16, 2023 - palliative care can include inappropriate pain management, preventable hospital
(re)admissions, falls, and pressure … injuries.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/848036/psn-pdf
April 26, 2023 - Issues identified included medical device-related pressure injuries
and device dislodgement, concerns
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar3_pu_staffroles.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Program.
8
Wound Care Team: Roles and Duties
• Serve as your hospital’s content experts on
pressure … ulcer
injury prevention … Nursing 2014 survey results: Wound care and
prevention. … Advances in Skin and Wound Care. 2010; 23(3):120-31.
• Levine J, et al. … Advances in Skin and Wound Care. 2007;
20(1):34-38.
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Staff Roles and Training forYour Pressure
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/spine-injuries-and-disorders
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urinary-catheter-indications-notes.docx
April 01, 2022 - Knight is a 25-year-old man who was admitted with acute urinary retention due to a spinal cord injury … the last row on this table), urology consultation should be considered for prostatitis and urethral trauma … Of note, catheters are appropriate in the case of urinary incontinence with open wounds if the urine … cannot be kept from contaminating the wounds using other strategies. … .
· Not all open sacral/hip wounds require an indwelling catheter if the wound can be kept clean by other
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49524/psn-pdf
November 01, 2006 - LMA use have been reported.(6) The
most common complications include aspiration and unintended local trauma … with
LMAs and high peak inspiratory pressures, allowing for inspired gases to insufflate the stomach … LMA use can also lead to injuries secondary to high cuff pressure and volume during prolonged
procedures … These increased intra-cuff pressures can cause a significant damage to surrounding tissues. … the pyriform sinus, which is where the recurrent laryngeal nerve enters, rendering it vulnerable to injury
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-203-fullreport.pdf
April 10, 2017 - Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) — “A pressure ulcer is localized injury to the skin and/or
underlying … ulcers are a serious iatrogenic injury. … They may have
preexisting wounds or altered skin integrity due to a variety of factors related to their … Are pressure ulcers preventable? A survey of experts. Adv
Skin Wound Care 2001; 14(5):244-8. … Unavoidable Pressure Injury. J Wound Ostomy
Continence Nurs 2014; 41(4): 313-34.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017-appendix.html
November 01, 2017 - , Closed"[Mesh] OR "Craniocerebral Trauma"[Mesh] OR "Cerebrovascular Trauma"[Mesh] OR "Cerebrovascular … ] OR "Decubitus Ulcer" [tiab] OR "Pressure Sore" [MeSH] OR "Pressure Sore" [tiab] OR "Suspected Deep … Tissue Injury" [tiab] OR "Pressure Ulcer" [MeSH] OR "Pressure Ulcer" [tiab] OR "osteomyelitis" [MeSH] … Ostomy/wound Mgmt . 2016 Nov;62(11):30.
d Weiser TG, Semel ME, Simon AE, et al. … The cost of serious fall-related injuries at three Midwestern hospitals.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866729/psn-pdf
September 18, 2024 - compared with privately insured patients, Medicaid patients experienced significantly
higher rates of pressure … injuries, catheter-related infections, and six-out-of-seven surgery-related safety
indicators.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb3.pdf
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-06/spotlight_case_hemorrhagic_shock_slides_final.pptx
January 01, 2024 - wound. … Trauma-induced coagulopathy: what you need to know. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024;96(2):179-185. … Vascular injury and complication in neurosurgical spine surgery. … Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr. 2013;6(4):257-266. … Hetastarch during initial resuscitation from trauma. J Trauma. 2011;70(5 Suppl):S19-S21.