Patient Manual Handling Training
Patient Manual Handling Training
The Backsafe Patient Moving & Manual Handling Training is geared toward workers in the Healthcare, NDIS, Disability Care, and Aged Care industries. Our training sessions are ideal in groups of up to 16-20 people at a time, and last approximately 120-150 minutes. They are delivered with our ‘edutainment’ approach and underpinned by our key Backsafe learning concepts guaranteeing a high level of engagement.
Our patient handling training system acknowledges the use of patient moving equipment as the primary method of patient handling. However, occasionally when mechanical assistance aids are not available or when time is of the essence, it is vital that assisted patient moving carried out by one or more carers is completed safely for both the patient and the carer.
This training can contribute to your Continual Professional Development (CPD) certification.
Program Duration: 1 day
What we cover
Workplace Review
A brief walk-through (or virtual) review of the workplace to assess the variety of manual handling and patient moving tasks used and the different mechanical aids available throughout the workplace.
Introduction
An introduction to what patient handling is -covering all of the aspects of the legal definitions.
Get to know your body
How the body works and how the spinal column should not be used as a lever when lifting. How the various joints of the body should be used correctly. Explanation of how a musculoskeletal disorder occurs unknowingly as a cumulative trauma injury.
Damage Control
How nerve damage occurs and its impact on the body and its functions. How pain is not always an indicator of existing damage and If damage exists how not to make it worse.
Warmups & Stretching
Pre-work and after breaks warm-ups and stretches explained and performed by all.
Patient moving techniques
Demonstration of patient moving techniques including sitting / rolling / turning the patient, moving patient from bed to chair, chair to bed, chair to chair, chair to toilet, off the floor and into/out of vehicle and many more daily moves and transfers. We also cover the use of a range of patient moving equipment. All participants are given access to 21 Patient Moving videos.
Outcomes for Manual Handling Training
- Decrease your risk of sustaining manual handling injuries
- Increase your confidence with providing manual handling care
- Increased safety for those that you are caring for
- Develop a framework for approaching manual handling tasks
- Identify specific techniques for use in manual handling tasks in the aged care and disability sector
- Identify the most appropriate movement patterns for bending, leaning and reaching tasks
Patient Manual Handling Training
Program Duration: 1 day