Patient Transport & Safe Handling Course
This course equips General Services staff with essential skills for safe patient transport, covering lifting techniques, secure transfers, driving safety, and incident prevention to minimise injuries, safeguard patients, and ensure confident care delivery in all situations.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain hands-on skills for safe patient movement and monitoring, from initial checks to handover, including body mechanics, equipment use, stretcher and wheelchair handling, fracture transfers, driving protocols, infection control, legal ethics, and risk prevention to protect patients and staff.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Safe patient lifting with proper body mechanics to avoid staff injuries.
- Professional patient transfers using stretchers, boards, and belts securely.
- In-ambulance safety by securing patients, equipment, and monitoring comfort.
- Quick risk assessments for falls, pain, airway, and surroundings before moves.
- Incident prevention through error avoidance, event management, and handover documentation.
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