Manual Handling

• Current legislation and its application in a manual handling environment.
• Musculoskeletal system.
• Biomechanics and mechanism of injury.
• Flexibility.
• Ergonomics and risk assessment.
• Basic principles of lifting.
• Log roll.
• Sitting a patient up in bed.
• Turning a patient in bed using sliding sheets.
• Moving a patient up the bed using sliding sheets.
• Sitting a patient to edge of a bed. Standing patient.
• Transferring patient from bed to chair.
• The falling patient.
• Correct use of hoist / slings.