PDSB Course
This PDSB Course equips healthcare professionals with essential techniques for safe patient handling. Delve into mobility risk assessments, proficient transfer methods using beds, chairs, and lifts, effective assistive devices like belts, slide sheets, and walkers, plus person-centred communication to protect older adults' mobility and cut down on injuries for staff and teams alike.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain hands-on skills to evaluate mobility needs, select appropriate assistance, and execute secure transfers confidently. Master the use of lifts, slide sheets, beds, wheelchairs, and walkers, while handling complications, safeguarding your body, minimising falls, upholding dignity and consent, and maintaining precise documentation for safer outcomes for you and those you assist.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Perform safe mobility assessments to determine assistance levels for older adults swiftly.
- Apply PDSB body mechanics to safeguard your spine using proven techniques.
- Master transfers from beds, chairs, and with lifts for assured safety.
- Select and utilise assistive devices including belts, lifts, and slide sheets securely.
- Foster person-centred communication ensuring calm, consent, and dignity during transfers.
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