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Patient Moving and Handling Course

Patient Moving and Handling Course
4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country

What will I learn?

This practical Patient Moving and Handling Course boosts confidence in safe patient transfers and repositioning, emphasising hip replacement protocols. You'll learn to evaluate risks, apply ergonomic methods to protect yourself, manage team coordination, and correctly operate hoists, slide sheets, and transfer belts. Enhance communication skills, prevent pressure ulcers, adhere to evidence-based practices, and foster a safer workplace for carers and patients.

Elevify advantages

Develop skills

  • Assess risks in patient handling by evaluating patient, task, and environment swiftly.
  • Use ergonomic techniques to safeguard your back with effective movement patterns.
  • Perform bed-to-wheelchair transfers using low-friction and hoist-assisted approaches.
  • Prevent pressure ulcers through safe repositioning that respects hip precautions.
  • Implement self-protection with aids, short breaks, and practice drills to minimise injury.

Suggested summary

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

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