Safe Patient Handling

Safe Patient Handling Course (PH)

Brief Overview:

The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, (as amended in 2002) apply to a wide range of manual handling activities, including:-

Lifting
Lowering
Pushing
Pulling
Carrying

The load may be either inanimate - such as a box or a trolley, or animate - a person or an animal.

What are my duties?

The Regulations require employers to:

Avoid the need for hazardous manual handling, so far as is reasonably practicable.
Assess the risk of injury from any hazardous manual handling that can’t be avoided.
Reduce the risk of injury from hazardous manual handling, so far as is reasonably practicable.

Employees have duties too. They should:

follow appropriate systems of work laid down for their safety.
make proper use of equipment provided for their safety.
co-operate with their employer on health and safety matters.
inform the employer if they identify hazardous handling activities.
take care to ensure that their activities do not put others at risk.

Course Description:

This course is an add on for anyone who has completed the Manual handling course and is recommended for health care workers and/or providers who needs to move or handle people in a health care setting. It looks at the potential handling risks that can occur in health care and follows a minimal handling policy with guidance on handling aids.

Aims of the Course:

By the end of the course students will understand the risk of moving and handling people in a health care setting and be able to use safer lifting and moving techniques with the aid of handling aids.

At the end of the course students will be able to:

Care setting risk assessment.
Moving and handling people in a care environment.
Assisting people with mobility.
Assisting people in chairs.
Assisting people in bed.
The use of various handling aids.

Delivery Method:

Didactic, PowerPoint (including video clips), Group Work (buzz groups and practical scenarios).

Course location:

Delivered In House (Training venues can be arranged, phone for details)

Length:

4 hours (½ day)

Frequency:

Every 3 years

Any associated award:

Continuous assessment by trainer and a training provider certificate valid for three years

Course Cost:

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