We should change how we treat older people after a fall
Debra Clee Emergency nurse practitioner, Swansea Bay University Health Board
Complications following ambulance delays means nurses need to revise the way we assess vulnerable patients
The outdated notion of not moving someone and keeping them nil by mouth because they have fallen needs to change. Evidence shows that this practice is causing harm.
Emergency Nurse.
30, 5, 9-9.
doi: 10.7748/en.30.5.9.s3
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