Preventing Falls at the IWK
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37864
IWK. Quality, Patient Safety and Patient Experience.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0890
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Falls are the most common injury during pregnancy. The weight of the growing baby can shift your centre of gravity and affect your sense of balance. Hormone changes can affect the way you move and walk. Blood sugar level changes or blood pressure changes during pregnancy can sometimes make you feel faint and dizzy. Tips to help reduce your risk of falls.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Quality, Patient Safety and Patient Experience
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Accidental Falls - prevention & control
- Patient Safety
- Safety Management
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Falls (Accidents)--Prevention
- Hospitals--Safety measures
- Patient safety
- Abstract
- Falls are the most common injury during pregnancy. The weight of the growing baby can shift your centre of gravity and affect your sense of balance. Hormone changes can affect the way you move and walk. Blood sugar level changes or blood pressure changes during pregnancy can sometimes make you feel faint and dizzy. Tips to help reduce your risk of falls.
- Responsibility
- IWK Patient Safety & Risk, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0890
