Course content
– The Law – Health and Safety Legislation pertaining to moving and handling.
– Employers and Employees duties
– Biomechanics – including posture, centre of gravity, reducing friction, lever principle.
– Spinal Anatomy and muscular system
– Heirarchy of Manual Handling Principles in relation to Manual Handling Regulations (1992); Avoid, Assess, Reduce, Review
– People Handling assessment.
– Risk assessment using T.I.L.E.
– How to reduce risk to lowest possible level
– L.O.L.E.R. and P.U.W.E.R
– Reporting injury as stipulated by R.I.D.D.O.R
– Safely using equipment and choosing correct equipment
– Understanding which lifts are outlawed and why
– Assessing patient cognitive, physical and emotional ability
– Guiding and Slowing falls.
– Practical session on moving and handling patients in a safe manner
– Kinetic
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