LO4

Question 1

causes of accidents

Answer 1

• poorly maintained areas
• fittings
• poor working practices
• equipment

Question 2

eg. of incidents in healthcare

Answer 2

• trip on wires from medical equipment
• accidentally over medicating due to logs not being done properly
• poor handling of patients

Question 3

eg. of accidents in childcare

Answer 3

• hitting head on table corner due to height
• cut hand on safety scissors ㅤ
• graze knee on yard

Question 4

eg. of accidents in social care

Answer 4

• neglectful behavior of staff leading to SU’s doing to much and straining themselves
• staff get violent
• bruising from poor manual handling