"If I had this book when my father was in the hospital,
he'd be alive today. Safe & Sound in the Hospital
gives you 100's of secrets to hospital care that
I wish I'd known."
he'd be alive today. Safe & Sound in the Hospital
gives you 100's of secrets to hospital care that
I wish I'd known."
– Karen Curtiss, Author, Safe & Sound in the Hospital
Welcome to Safe & Sound Books, Published by PartnerHealth.
Someday, someone you love will need hospital care.
Everyone needs a family member or friend with them in the hospital...
yet few of us know what to do when we're there.
It's a Fact–
1-in-3 of all patients are harmed every year.*
With practical advice, simple tools and quick checklists,
Safe & Sound In the Hospital is your essential guide for every hospital stay.
Safe & Sound In the Hospital is your essential guide for every hospital stay.
Here are just a few of the easy-to-follow checklists you'll find in this book:
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Small ways you can make a big difference in surgery results
- Simple words and action steps you can take to prevent deadly infections
- Signs your loved one is “going downhill” — and what to do
- When to call "911" in the hospital — and what to say
- What you need to do when an alarm rings
- Common-sense ways you can prevent falls in hospitals
- How you can help prevent pneumonia with the right mouth rinse and the right
mattress angle
- What you must say and do at every shift change
- How you can cut risks for getting the wrong medicine or the wrong dose
- Common problems after discharge — and how you can help prevent them
- How you can help avoid another hospital stay
Safe & Sound in the Hospital
Life-saving checklists –
Available for $19.95 through Amazon.com
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*David C. Classen, et al, at www.HealthAffairs.org, April 2011 "Global Trigger Tool’ Shows That Adverse Events In Hospitals May Be Ten Times Greater Than Previously Measured"