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Information
- Course Aim
- Safe manual handling protects both the person being supported and the staff. This course explores various manual handling manoeuvres that are seen in a care and support setting.
- Learning Outcomes
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- Understand the principles of manual handling and the importance of risk assessment
- Recognise how dignity and independence should be maintained
- Identify different types of manual handling equipment and when each one is required
- Safely supporting a person to:
- Walk without equipment
- Stand up and move from the chair to walk, using a transfer belt
- Move up the bed, using a slide sheet
- Move up the air chair, using slide sheet
- Roll, using the person’s body mechanics
- Roll, using a slide sheet
- Stand up and move from the bed to the chair, using walking frame
- Stand up and move from the chair to the wheelchair, using stand up hoist
- Move from the bed to the chair, using a full sling hoist
- Move off the floor without equipment
- Move off the floor, using full sling hoist
- Move off the floor, using lifting cushion
- Move from the bed to trolley (for transporting or bath) using transfer board and slide sheet