Patient Handling
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At GetSafetyTraining, we pride ourselves on giving the best quality, value & dedication to our clients nationwide. Please review the course list for more details on our courses. We are only a phone call away from helping you decide when course is best for you. GetSafetyTraining is a leading provider of Patient Handling (or sometimes referred to as People Handling) in Ireland. GetSafetyTraining deliver both Private and Public people training and instructor courses in Ireland. We have training centers based in Dublin, Limerick, Cork and Galway at which we carry out regular public courses at monthly intervals. We are experts in safe people handling & patient lifting practices, healthcare and patient handling regulations, patient handling risk assessments and principles. .All course participants receive extensive course material that is widely recognised as being the best in the business. GetSafetyTraining– An Expert Provider of Patient and People Handling Courses
The Need for People / Patient Handling Training
To comply with current Health and Safety legislation, SHW at Work (General App) Regulations 2007, Part 2 Workplace and Work Equipment, Chapter 4 “Manual Handling of Loads” and Amendment Regulations 2007. Healthcare staff, Nurses and care assistants engaged in patient handling must be given training in safe lifting techniques. This training will show your staff how to lift patients, particularly elderly or incapacitated people and therefore avoid back injuries. By training your staff how to lift people safely you can avoid costly compensation claims and create a safe environment for the people that are being cared for.
Patient Handling Training Objective & Learning Outcomes
All staff that engage in manual handling or patient handling activities during their working day. These employees are exposed to situations where the risks cannot be eliminated or reduced sufficiently. Upon successful completion of this course participants will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to:
- Recognise a load which is too heavy or awkward
- Explain their legal rights and responsibilities
- Understand the limitations of the spine and muscular system
- Conduct a patient handling risk assessment
- Lift and handle patients safely
- Understand correct lifting techniques
Content of Patient / People Handling Training Programme
- Legislation
- Dangers of unsafe lifting
- Overview of safety legislation
- Anatomy of the spine and muscular system
- Safe lifting points
- Injuries associated with manual handling
- Importance of exercise and nutrition
- Competence testing
- Dangers of careless and unskilled methods
- Principles of levers and laws of motion
- Anatomy of the spine and muscular system
- Potential harm through incorrect patient handling techniques
- Importance of physical fitness
- Personal protective equipment
- Patient handling aids and techniques
- Normal patient movement
- Patient Risk Assessment
- Patient Profiling
- Use of Slings, Turntables, hoists, walking belts, sliding sheets, gliding sheets
This Patient and People Manual Handling training combines lecture methods with “hands-on” practical work with different types of materials.
Here is an interesting video on the basics of people/patient handling.
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