Patient Handling

Patient Handling Course

To provide learners with the knowledge, skills and attitude required for safe patient handling.

Course Objectives:

On completion of this course learners will be able to:

• explain their legal rights and responsibilities,

• explain how the musculo-skeletal system can get injured,

• identify risk factors associated with patient handling,

• apply the principles of safe lifting to inanimate objects,

• handle patients safely.

Course Content:

• What, Why?

• Legislation

• Anatomy

• Risk Assessment

• Principles of safe lifting

• Principles of Safe Patient Handling

• Safe Patient Handling Techniques

• Use of hoists

Course Certification:

On completion of the course learners will recieve a Patient Handling certificate valid for two years.