Patient Moving Manual Handling

This course covers law, anatomy and physiology, ergonomics, and risk assessment for good manual handling skills for the movement and handling of patients as well as inanimate objects.

Objectives:

-               To understand the structure of the back and the ways in which it can become injured

-               To understand the principles of safe moving and handling

-               To be able to comply with current legal requirements in the workplace in relation to safely moving and handling patients/clients in a variety of healthcare related settings

Programme:

-               Legislation regarding manual handling with reference to the workplace

-               How your back works anatomy of the musculo-skeletal system and mechanisms of injury

-               The basic lifting techniques (animate and inanimate loads)

-               Introduction to patient handling concepts

-               Ergonomics and Risk Assessment

-               Lifting equipment and Risk Assessment

-               Practical Workshop of Moving and Handling Methods