Last night I was working agency at a local SNF on the rehab unit, when I heard a horrible scream. Several staff & myself ran to the directon of the scream, thinking it was a patient; it was a nurse..she was standing holding her hands over her face, blood everywhere. Apparently, she was cranking the pt's bed and I guess it was torqued as far as it could be tightened, and for some unknown reason (defective ?) the hand-crank & apparatus flew off & hit her between the eyes/nose area. We called 911 and she was taken to the local hospital. She called later and said that her nose was broken in 3 places & that since she was so swollen, she would have to wait a week to have surgery.
Isn't that horrible that a simple hand-crank, could fly off like that & do so much damage. I think of all the times I have had to crank beds that are non-electric. So scary and sad for that poor nurse. She could have easily lost an eye.
Lizzie