Patient Lifting

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.

Prerequisites

Participants who have completed this course will be able to, Recognise a load, which is too heavy or awkward. Understand the limitations of the spine and muscular system Lift and handle loads safely (both inanimate and animate)

Syllabus Theory

• The law and its application to the manual handling environment
• Muscular-skeletal system
• Biomechanics and mechanism of injury
• Flexibility
• Ergonomics and risk assessment
• Basic principles of lifting
• Use of hoists

Practical Application

• Inanimate Lifting
• Patient Moving & Handling

Including

• Log rolling
• 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 bed
• Standing patient
• Transferring patient from bed to chair
• The falling patient
• Correct use of hoist / slings

All participants receive an A4 certification which is valid for two years