BRYANT, AR – 5 DOCUMENTED FALLS WITH 3 FRACTURES; NO NEW INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT FUTURE INJURIES

SOUTHERN TRACE REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTER LOCATED: 22515 I 30, BRYANT, AR 72022 SOUTHERN TRACE REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTER was recently cited by the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES for the following deficiencies: PLEASE NOTE: The following highlighted quoted text is only a portion of the full report/survey […]

BRYANT, AR – 5 DOCUMENTED FALLS WITH 3 FRACTURES; NO NEW INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT FUTURE INJURIES

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SOUTHERN TRACE REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTER
LOCATED: 22515 I 30, BRYANT, AR 72022
SOUTHERN TRACE REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTER was recently cited by the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES for the following deficiencies:
PLEASE NOTE: The following highlighted quoted text is only a portion of the full report/survey submitted by DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES. The full report/survey can be found here. 

FACILITY FAILED TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT FALLS

Level of harm – ACTUAL HARM

Based on observation, record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure the development and implementation of interventions to prevent falls and to minimize risk of serious injury and to ensure interventions were re-evaluated for effectiveness when the resident had repeated falls for 1 (Resident #4) of 9 (Resident #1, #3, #4, #9, #10, #11, #12, #15 and #18) case mix residents who were at risk for falls. This failed practice resulted in a pattern of actual harm for Resident #4, who had 5 documented falls resulting in 3 fractures with no new interventions implemented to prevent future injuries due to recurrent falls, and had the potential to cause more than minimal harm to 17 residents at risk for falls, as documented on a list provided by the Administrator on 8/18/14 at 10:54 a.m.

Continuing: The patient is a [AGE] year-old female who presented to the emergency room after she tripped and fell and hit her head. She has a past medical history of [REDACTED]. At the time of presentation to the emergency room her blood pressure was 118/82, her pulse was 76, respiration 20, temperature 98 and oxygen saturation was 98 percent. Onset was today. She fell from a standing position. She suffered a contusion and a humerus fracture.

Continuing: On 6/12/14 at 11:33 a.m., the DON was asked, After (Resident #4) fell on [DATE] what interventions did you put in place to prevent future falls? The DON stated, I think the only thing we did was to continue her therapy and ask them to work on her strengthening. We continued the falling star program but we did not add any alarms, and we always try to keep things in (Resident #4’s) reach so she doesn’t have to get up. The DON stated, I was not here for all the falls just the March and April falls. She was ambulatory prior to the fall in October, then when she had the fall in November she had the sling on and was no longer able to use her walker. That’s what I was told. At 4:05 p.m., the DON was asked, Is (Resident #4) continent or incontinent at this time? The DON stated, She has periods of incontinence but she will go to the bathroom when we take her. The DON was asked, Do you have to take her to the bathroom? The DON stated, Yes, I haven’t seen her but I do believe (Resident #4) at times would attempt to take her-self to the bathroom. The DON was asked, Do you think that would be safe? The DON stated, I do not think that would be safe for her to do that independently. The DON was asked, What interventions have you put into place to alert your staff she was attempting to get up unassisted to prevent her from falling and sustaining another injury? The DON stated, Nothing else than what we have already talked about and that is staff awareness to take her to the bathroom routinely and staff awareness to watch her while she is in her room. We don’t have documentation but the staff does have a routine to take her with rounds and when they see her in her room to assist her with toileting.

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