When I bring patients into the ED and explain my patient tripped and fell, the charge nurse cannot help but label the patient as a "mechanical fall".
I kind of scratch my head because I've never heard the term before. I've heard a variety of explanations, but how would you define it?
The most reasonable one I gather is "a fall that is the result of non-medical reasons". (I.e. Non-Syncope)
Does this mean being pushed off the side of a cliff is also a mechanical fall?
I kind of scratch my head because I've never heard the term before. I've heard a variety of explanations, but how would you define it?
The most reasonable one I gather is "a fall that is the result of non-medical reasons". (I.e. Non-Syncope)
Does this mean being pushed off the side of a cliff is also a mechanical fall?