Post-Fall Huddle Education

Audio/Visual Resources

• Effective Huddles and Debriefs: The webinar Effective Huddles and Debriefs: How to Facilitate Learning at the Frontline created by the UNMC CAPTURE Falls Team describes best practices for leading and participating in post-fall huddles and debriefs. Printable handout
• Post-Fall Huddle Educational Videos: The UNMC CAPTURE Falls team created two videos that may be helpful as an educational resource for staff training on post-fall huddles:
  • “Good” Post-Fall Huddle: The video Good Example of a Post-Fall Huddle provides an example of an ideal post-fall huddle.
  • “Bad” Post-Fall Huddle: The video Bad Example of a Post-Fall Huddle provides an example of an ineffective post-fall huddle.

Print Resources

• Human Behavior and Fall Risk Reduction: Your post-fall huddle may indicate challenges among staff in following policies and evidence-based practices. The Human Behavior and Fall Risk Reduction Handout, created by the CAPTURE Falls team can be used to help you identify common reasons for why staff may struggle to change behavior and implement evidence-based practices.
• Post-Fall Huddle Case Studies: The VA National Center for Patient Safety Falls Toolkit provides two case studies that may serve as educational resources for staff training on post-fall huddles:
  • Post-fall Huddle Case Study Number 1 is an example patient fall and post-fall huddle case study.
  • Post-fall Huddle Case Study Number 2 is an example patient fall and post-fall huddle case study.