Falls Prevention Course

ACES Falls Awareness, Learning, Leadership & Safety (Falls) Prevention Course

The ACES Safe Patient Mobilisation: Clinical Assessment to Prevent Falls Course provides a clinically focused, practical approach to preventing patient falls—a common and high-risk event in hospitals. Rather than concentrating solely on manual handling techniques, the course teaches staff how to identify medical, physical, and psychological risk factors that may render mobilisation unsafe.

Using a structured Observe → Assess → Decide → Document framework, participants learn to perform focused bedside assessments, identify red flags, escalate concerns appropriately, and document decisions clearly. This approach protects patients, enhances staff confidence, and ensures that clinical reasoning guides mobilisation decisions.

Scenario-based learning reinforces real-world application. The course’s proactive design shifts practice from reacting after a fall to preventing it through informed clinical judgement. It strengthens communication, interdisciplinary collaboration, and accountability, supporting safer patient care and reducing adverse events across wards and departments.

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Patient falls remain one of the most common adverse events in healthcare settings and can result in serious injury, extended hospital stays, increased healthcare costs, and reduced patient confidence. Effective falls prevention requires more than simply following manual handling procedures. Healthcare workers must be able to identify when a patient is at risk, recognise changes in their condition, and make informed clinical decisions before mobilisation occurs.

The ACES Falls Prevention Course is designed to help healthcare professionals develop the clinical judgement and practical assessment skills needed to reduce falls risks and improve patient outcomes. By focusing on proactive assessment and decision-making, participants gain the confidence to identify potential hazards before an incident occurs.

Throughout the course, participants will develop practical skills and knowledge that can be immediately applied within clinical environments. Key learning outcomes include:

• Identifying common medical, physical, cognitive, and environmental factors that contribute to patient falls.
• Conducting focused bedside assessments prior to mobilisation.
• Recognising clinical red flags that indicate mobilisation may be unsafe.
• Applying the Observe → Assess → Decide → Document framework to support safe decision-making.
• Escalating concerns appropriately and communicating effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Improving documentation practices to support patient safety and continuity of care.
• Implementing falls prevention strategies within a variety of healthcare settings.

This course is suitable for healthcare professionals involved in patient care and mobilisation, including:

• nurses
• assistants in nursing
• patient support staff
• allied health professionals
• aged care workers
• rehabilitation staff
• healthcare leaders responsible for patient safety initiatives.

The training is particularly valuable for organisations seeking to reduce falls incidents, strengthen clinical accountability, improve staff confidence, and support a proactive patient safety culture.

Investing in falls prevention training can provide significant benefits for healthcare organisations by helping to reduce patient harm, improve quality of care, and support compliance with patient safety standards. Participants return to the workplace with practical skills that encourage safer mobilisation practices, stronger communication between healthcare teams, and greater confidence when assessing patient risk.

By shifting the focus from reactive responses to preventative action, organisations can foster a safer environment for patients while reducing the likelihood of falls-related incidents and associated costs.