Had a fall? Stuck on the floor unable to get up? Not injured?
Waiting hours for an ambulance?
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We offer a private service to pick you up from the floor *
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Monday - Friday Service Hours 0800 -1900
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Our tailored service with assess you and ensure you are safe to be moved from the floor following a detailed history and assessment of you.
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We will use specialisit equipment to lift you up safely from the floor and back to a place of comfort and safety. Helping prevent a long lie and the associated complications this can bring.
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We will complete a set of observations including a general assessment of your body and joints. Will will assess blood pressure, oxygen saturations, temperature, respiratory and heart rate to determine if there is a potential underlying cause for you falling.
Once comfortable we will complete a Multi Factorial Risk Assessment relating to your fall, to determine if there was a potential cause for this fall and request further investigations into the fall as indicated from our findings
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We will sign post you to other health services as need based on the findings.
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Cost of service £100 per visit
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*Please note we will not attempt to move you if you are complaining of pain in spine,pelvic or legs due to the risk of possible fracture or have a head injury associated with the fall. This will require an ambulance and stretcher.
Mission
To reduce the time people are left lying on the floor. Medical research has long published the risks of long lies (when people are stuck on the floor for prolonged times) and have linked such long lies with increased complications, longer hospital admissions and even mortality.
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Falls Medic offers a service to get to you quickly, to get you back off the floor and in the most supportive and comfortable way possible.
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We use the latest equipment. We can lift patients up to a weight up to 150kg/24 stone
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Our Aim
To reduce the time you spend on the floor
To reduce the chances of further falls
To ensure there is no underlying medical cause for the fall and sign post to the correct services if there maybe.
To provide a friendly, supportive and professional service to reassure you following your fall
