Key Points

Please take a moment to review these points, reflect on their significance and consider how they apply to your own experiences.

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• Everyday hazards are the most common source of harm in practice and need simple, proportionate controls.
• For a trip/fall: make the area safe, use basic first-aid principles, offer seating and escalate (999) if red flags exist.
• Record all incidents in the accident book with time, location, witnesses, first aid given and actions to prevent recurrence.
• Use immediate housekeeping and visible controls (remove bags, signage, monitoring) and schedule layout reviews or physical mitigations (bag stands, escorts).
• Document accountability: who responded, what was changed immediately, planned review date and rationale for chosen controls.
• For equipment faults (hot device): stop use, isolate power and tag as 'out of service' with date/time/name.
• Notify the equipment custodian, log a maintenance call, check recent PAT/service records and require verification before return to service.
• Update the equipment register with fault details, actions taken, engineer dates and return-to-service verification.
• Adopt simple second-check/listing processes before reintroducing repaired devices and record which patients were affected and how they were managed.