Patient Handling (People Moving) Course Content:
- Definition of Manual Handling
- Legal aspects of Manual Handling
- Structure and injury of the Spine
- Risk assessment
- Fitness and flexibility
- Principles of safer moving and handling
The practical aspects of the course include:
Inanimate Lifting
Lifting a load from:
- Floor to Floor
- Bench to Bench
- Bench to height
- Pulling/Pushing
- Team handling
Patient Handling techniques can include:
- Log rolling
- Sitting patient up in bed (3 techniques)
- Turning patient in bed using sliding sheets
- Moving patient up the bed using sliding sheets
- Sitting Patient to edge of bed
- Standing patient
- Transferring patient from bed to chair using various methods
- The falling patient
- Trolley Transfers
- Use of hoists
Other techniques can be included and we can adapt the content of the patient handling (people moving) course to suit individual requirements.
Why choose us?
- Courses can be designed to specific client needs