Patient Handling
Course Title: Patient Handling
Duration: 1 day
Maximum Candidates: 10
Cost: £1,200
This course is designed to give care workers, nursing or domiciliary staff the skills and knowledge to safely move a patient when they are unable to move unassisted. It covers the initial assessment of needs and the practical steps required to move patients safely.
- Manual Handling Responsibilities and the Law
- Anatomy of the Spine and Types of Injuries
- Biomechanics and Ergonomics
- Safe Lifting Techniques - L.I.T.E
- Lifting Objects
- Key Elements of People Moving
- Risks and Controls related to People Moving
- People Moving - Risk Assessments/ Personal Plan
- People Moving Equipment
- People Moving - Controversial Techniques
- People Moving - Good Techniques
- Practical Sessions and Assessments in People Moving