Falls management caption

Get your thinking caps on again. Lets have a good number of entries into this competition. It lends itself to the theme of this newsletter; i.e. Falls management and prevention.

The winner will receive a complete fall prevention set-up (monitor for bed/chair, cable set and proximity sensing mat) from Aegis.

This device has been designed from the ground up to be completely compatible with existing proximity alarms but with added advantages that make it the most incredible piece of equipment of its type.

Here are some figures for you:

Falls and resultant fractures in people aged 65 and over account for over 4 million bed days each year in England. Injurious falls, including over 60,000 hip fractures annually, are the leading cause of accident-related mortality in older people. The National Patient Safety Agency estimates that the average direct cost of patient falls to an 800 bed acute hospital would be £92,000 per year.

The IQ Easy Bed/Chair Monitor Alarm will help you cut that figure as well as promote your mffp (see other stories if you are not sure what mffp stands for) programme. It is programmable for each patient. Not only if a patient moves around more than is expected will the alarm sound, but you can also see a how the patients activity has been monitored throughout the night. This will make a great early warning system of someone whos pattern starts to change.

Of course, there needs to be some sort of sensing mat to be able to pick up all of those movements from the person. One for the chair? One for the bed? Another one for the wheelchair, right? Wrong! The aegis system can be cut to size. Therefore, one size fits all. The cable set ensures that this system is completely compatible with all existing nurse-call systems.

Aegis are offering moving and handling newsletter readers a special introductory offer of just £99.95 + VAT (usually about £165 - I think that is what I was told) and delivery for a complete fall prevention set-up (monitor for bed/chair, cable set and proximity sensing mat). Or you can try to get one free by entering the caption competition to the left. Readers outside of the UK may have to pay postage I didn’t clarify that with Aegis. - Just enter anyway and you can discuss that if you win.

http://aegishealthcare.co.uk/index.php/fall-prevention.html

I’m sure you can think of a falls prevention / management caption for this photo. The winner will receive a complete IQ fall prevention set-up (monitor for bed/chair, cable set and proximity sensing mat) from Aegis