Manual Handling & Patient Assisting. In house courses £350 (per course).
This half day course is specifically designed for staff that may be involved in assisting patients within the work place and introduces them to the hazards and risks involved.
Patient assisting is a specialised area of manual handling. It includes any task that involves moving or supporting a patient including carrying, pushing, pulling, lifting and lowering. Handling a person is more complex and unpredictable than handling an object. People may be heavy or hard to grip and must be treated with dignity, respect and consideration for their capabilities.
Safe handling means making it safe for both carer and patient. There are limits to the load people can handle without risk of harm. When the load is another person it usually exceeds those limits – so we need to eliminate thinking that a lift will be involved.
Subjects covered within the course include:
Theoretical
• Health and Safety at Work 1974
• Manual Handling Regulations 1999
• Duty of care
• Understanding the need for accident prevention and control
• Moving and handling assessments
• Basic principles of safer patient handling
• Company patient handling policy
• Anatomy - basic facts and body mechanics
• Safe lifting techniques
Practical
• Methods of lifting people
• Moving and transferring people
• Working with lifting aids
On completion of the course candidates will have an understanding of The Manual Handling Regulations, the causes and preventative measures of back pain and other musculoskeletal injuries and the principles of good body movement and patient manual handling techniques applicable to their workplace requirements.
Candidates will receive a certificate of attendance and a course information folder.
In house courses £350 (excl vat).
In House Courses - Manual Handling & Patient Assisting. In house courses £350 (per course).
In-house courses can be arranged at a time to suit your business needs – this can include weekend or evening courses, usually at no extra cost. All equipment required can be provided by 1st Aid Fire. All that is required from your company is a room of suitable size for teaching and an outside area/hard standing for practical fire training.
