Mikos Marcin, Żurowska-Wolak Magdalena, Paradowska Zofia, Czerw Aleksandra. Patient safety and patients’ fall risk in the pre-hospital phase of emergency medical services. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(5):75-80. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2656502 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6880 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/912589 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 12.04.2019. Revised: 25.04.2019. Accepted: 04.05.2019. Patient safety and patients’ fall risk in the pre-hospital phase of emergency medical services Marcin Mikos (1), Magdalena Żurowska-Wolak (2), Zofia Paradowska (3), Aleksandra Czerw (4) Katedra Bioinformatyki i Zdrowia Publicznego Wydziału Lekarskiego i Nauk o Zdrowiu Krakowskiej Akademii im. Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego w Krakowie Zakład Ratownictwa Medycznego Wydziału Nauk o Zdrowiu Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie Przychodnia Sport-Med, Kraków Zakład Ekonomiki Zdrowia i Prawa Medycznego Wydział Nauki o Zdrowiu, Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny Abstract In Poland, falls constitute the major cause of hospitalisation and deaths among all types of accidents. Around 5,000 people die because of that per year (the standardised rate: 8.8. per 100,000 population). Nearly 70 % of the deaths caused by falls are related to slips and trips. A total of 11.3% deaths are connected with falling down stairs and other inclined surfaces. As many as 34 % of fatal falls remain further unexplained. Key words: Patient safety; fall risk