Patient Transport & Safe Handling Course
This course equips General Services staff with essential skills for safe patient transport, including lifting techniques, secure transfers, driving safety, and incident prevention. Participants learn to protect patients, minimise injuries, and ensure confident care from assessment to handover, promoting a safer work environment.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
Gain hands-on skills in safe patient handling and transport, covering body mechanics, equipment use like stretchers and wheelchairs, transfers for spinal and hip issues, vehicle safety, monitoring, infection control, legal aspects, and preventing incidents to safeguard patients and staff.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Safe patient lifting using proper body mechanics to avoid injuries.
- Professional patient transfers with stretchers, boards, and belts.
- In-ambulance safety securing patients and monitoring during transport.
- Quick risk assessments for falls, pain, airway, and surroundings.
- Incident prevention through error avoidance and proper documentation.
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