Patient Handling

Courses

This course is designed for healthcare workers who need to be trained to safely move and handle patients under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work 2005 and Manual Handling Regulations 1993 and 2007. The course is for people who want to learn the safe and effective techniques used in the safe moving and handling of people in a variety of settings.

Objective:

On completion of this course participants will be able to:
Understand and apply the Eight Principles of Safe Lifting
Assess, move, handle, and transfer patients safely
Identify the risks involved whilst working with patients
Identify and assess when and which mechanical aids should be used when moving and handling patients

Course Content:

The Law and its Application to the Manual Handling Environment
Musculoskeletal System
Biomechanics and Mechanism of Injury
Flexibility
Ergonomics and Risk Assessment
Basic Principles of Lifting
Log Roll
Sitting Patient up in Bed
Turning patient in bed using sliding sheets
Moving patient up the bed using sliding sheets
Sitting Patient to edge of a bed
Standing patient
Transferring patient from bed to chair
The falling patient
Correct use of hoist / slings

Certification:

Upon successful completion of this course students will be issued with a certificate valid for 2 years.