2 Day Managers Safe Moving of Objects & People
Course Summary
The syllabus covers such topics as:
- Musculo-skeletal injuries
- Principles of safer handling
- Prevention of musculo-skeletal injuries
- Principles of team handling
- Current legislation
- Good communication
- Ergonomics and risk assessment
- Unsafe patient handling
- Principles of safer handling of inanimate loads
- Inanimate load risk assessment
- The importance of good posture and the application of ergonomics in the workplace, including driving
- Principles of safer handling of patients/clients
- Patient/client handling risk assessment
- Principles of using slide sheets
- Principles of working at bed height
- Principles of using hoists, types, selection and safety
- Guidelines on sling selection
- LOLER
