Define "Mechanical Fall"

[Markhk]

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?

 

[firecoins]

Does this mean being pushed off the side of a cliff is also a mechanical fall?

yes that is a mechanical fall. Any fall caused by gravity or by something other than a medical reason is a mechanical fall. A non-mechanical fall is initated by a medical reason and gravity kicks in the rest of the way.