How to get up from a fall - Philips

1 How to get up from a fall 1. Prepare 2. Rise 3. Sit Getting up quickly or Push your upper Keep the other leg bent the wrong way could body up. Lift your with the knee on the make an injury worse. head and pause for floor. If you are hurt, call for a few moments to help using a medical steady yourself. alert service or a telephone. From this kneeling Look around for Slowly get up on position, slowly rise and a sturdy piece of your hands and knees turn your body to sit in furniture, or the and crawl to a sturdy the chair. bottom of a staircase. chair. Don't try and stand up on your own. Sit for a few minutes before you try to do anything else. Roll over onto your Place your hands on side by turning your the seat of the chair head in the direction and slide one foot you are trying to forward so it is flat roll, then move your on the floor.

2 Shoulders, arm, hips, Talk to your primary care provider about having and finally your leg a fall -risk evaluation. The fact that you have fallen over. once means you have a high risk of falling again. Philips Lifeline. Sharing your concern for falls safety. Source: Baker, Dorothy, , RNCS, Research Scientist,Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut; Connecticut Collaboration for fall Prevention. Facts on falls How the Lifeline Service works 1. On average, one of every three adults over 65 falls each Older adults who have fallen previously are 2-3 times more Summon help likely to fall again in the following Simply push your Lifeline Help Button at any The first two weeks after discharge from the hospital are a time to connect to our 24/7 Response Center.

3 High risk time for falls; falls occur 4 times more frequently Note: If you have our NEW Lifeline with compared to three months after AutoAlert* option, you will get an added layer of protection, as your AutoAlert Help Button Before I had Lifeline, I fell and it took me 5 hours to get will automatically place a call for help if a fall AutoAlert to a phone. Since getting Lifeline I have had a couple of is detected and you are unable to push your 2. incidents where I couldn't walk and all I did was push my button. button. Somebody was here within 10 minutes. Lifeline is great.. - W. Roskus Hear a reassuring voice Philips Lifeline's Medical Alert Service can get help A Lifeline Response Associate will access fast, which can make a significant difference in your profile and assess the situation.

4 Survival and recovery. 3. Call today: 1-800-LIFELINE Know help is on the way Our Associate will contact a neighbor, loved (1-800-543-3546) 1. Tinetti, ME, Speechley M, Ginter SF. Risk factors one, or emergency services based on your for falls among elderly persons living in the community. N Engl J Med, 1988; 319:1701-1707 specific needs, and will follow up to confirm 2. Ibid 1 CNMX W100 1 PGRX. 3. Mahoney, JE, MD et al. Temporal association between hospitalization and rate of falls after that help has arrived. A B C discharge. Arch Intern Med. 2000; 160:2788-2795. Philips Lifeline Philips Lifeline Canada 111 Lawrence Street 95 Barber Greene Road, Suite 105. Framingham, MA 01702-8156 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3C 3E9. Tel: 1-800-451-0525 Tel: 800-387-8120.

5 * AutoAlert option is locally available at participating Lifeline programs. AutoAlert does not detect 100% of falls. If able, you should always press your button when you need help. 2010. All rights reserved. Button signal range may vary due to environmental factors.