This in turn exposes not only patients, but also nurses to a significant amount of noise and alarms, ultimately leading to the clinical problem called alarm fatigue. As defined by the Joint Commission, alarm fatigue is known as the desensitization of medical staff as a result of sensory overload. This overload ultimately results in a delay of an alarm being answered, and sometimes someone completely missing the alarm altogether (The Joint Commission, 2015). Alarm fatigue has been recognized as a contributing
Understanding potential hazards in Health and Social Care Electricity Supply - All electrical equipment hold a risk of a potentially dangerous electrical shock, it can be caused by contact with live parts and could result in burns or even death in bad cases, so it’s important to ensure that your computer is fully tested and maintained. Exposure to arching may lead to an injury and faulty electrical equipment or installations has a high risk of fires. Unsuitable electrical apparatus’ can cause explosions. Raw Sewage - Exposure to raw sewage or its products may result in a number of health risks and illnesses. Gastroenteritis; can cause stomach cramps and pains, diarrhoea, and vomiting.
Risks can occur every day which is why it is important to always check to identify the risks straight away and try to correct it weather it is the wires are hanging down on the bed which could be a risk if the hoist gets trapped on them, or even if the sling you are using has a tear in the seam. No matter how small the risk is if you don’t correct it straight away it could lead to a massive risk. You should also have a risk assessment in place which may need to be changed. 3.4 Describe actions to take in relation to identified risks. All identified risks should be reported to the nurse or the manager on duty that day so they can be corrected and a new risk assessment can be in
Major wildfires blaze across the country, putting towns, and hundreds of woodland homes at risk if a wildfire occurs near you, it may spread rapidly, and become a serious problem. If you are living or building on the edge of a wildland area, you need to prepare for the risk of wildfire. To better understand how to protect your home, it is important to know how fire behaves. Fire needs fuel and oxygen. To a wildfire, homes and other structures are forms of fuel, and the wind provides plenty of oxygen.
As with most controversial situations that deal with life or death, there tends to be mass panic. The reader will most likely know that the media constantly employs tactics to create mass hysteria of the general public. Whether it is with disease, war, or economic turmoil, the media overdoes it every
Refer to chapter 7, “Techniques for Managing Safety,” in Risk Management in Healthcare Institutions: Limiting Liability and Enhancing Care. 2. Identify two major categories of risk in your health care organization. 3. Explain how you would apply the three elements of risk management that you selected in the “Elements of a Risk Management Program” assignment.
Quality of care management basically provides a set of standards when providing care for a patient. What common threads do you see between risk management and quality management? Risk management is a function of administration of any health care facility directed toward identification, evaluation, and correction of potential risks that could lead to injury to patients, staff members, or visitors and results in property loss of damage. Quality management is any evaluation of services provided and the results achieved as compared with accepted standards. Health care delivery, cost, and accessibility, and treatment are scored by quality management.
Major incident definition Major incidents A major incident can be defined as any emergency that requires the special preparations by one or more of the Emergency Services, the NHS or local Authority. It can also mean when a threat to human welfare, the environment or security of UK, the emergency services are obliged to respond. It is the number of emergency service personnel who have to respond to the emergency. In major incident there are different ways that they can solve the emergency incident which involves: • The rescue and transportation of a large number of casualties • The organisation and mobilisation of the local authority and other to respond to the threat of death , injury or homelessness on a large scale Different types of major incidents These are many causes of disaster , but they generally fall into one different categories Each of these major incidents will have an effect on members of the public, emergency services, communities these can come in short term and long term effects here are a few outlined points to some of the effects. • Damage to property • Injuries • Death • Economic disruption • Public inquires • Arrests LONDON RIOT 2011 Between 6 and 11 August 2011, thousands of people rioted in several parts of London boroughs and in cities and towns across England.
* Assisting moving and handling – you must not assist with moving and handling without relevant training as you can yourself serious injury or injure the individual you may be moving. In the event of a fire the person who has found the fire must set off the fire alarm, this alerts others to the danger. All social care workers must help to evacuate all the residents out of the building through the nearest fire exit and assemble at the assembly
Assignment 208 Task C Case study one Ci - • Hazard - a hazard is a situation where an individual can become at risk of danger or harm. • Risk - this is when an individual is exposed to or has the chance to be in danger and/or harm. Cii - the risks in the case study are the burst pipe which causes leaking onto the floor which is a risk/ hazard of slipping and hurting themselves there is also the leaking onto the light fitting which could put the individual at risk of electrocution if they try to use it. Ciii - report this immediately and fill out the relevant documentation, to ensure it is done correctly you must include the time and date, a detailed report of what happened, what action you have taken and the outcome of the situation itself, it is then to be signed and printed by you who has reported it. Case Study Two Civ - a risk assessment will identify the hazards and the risks, this can help Ellie’s mum put into place safeguarding so that these can be avoided or dealt with, it will also tell you the abilities of Ellie and where she may need assistance such as someone meeting her at each end of the bus journey and helping her on and off of the bus, this can be reviewed to meet the need of Ellie and her mum as time goes on, it will also demonstrate how the benefits of this may outweigh the risks.