Service Description

The course is for people who want to learn the safe and effective techniques used in the safe moving and handling of people in a variety of settings. The Law and its Application to the Manual Handling Environment •Musculoskeletal System •Biomechanics and Mechanism of Injury •Flexibility •Ergonomics and Risk Assessment •Basic Principles of Lifting •Log Roll •Sitting Patient up in Bed •Turning patient in bed using sliding sheets •Moving patient up the bed using sliding sheets •Sitting Patient to edge of a bed •Standing patient •Transferring patient from bed to chair •The falling patient