Patient Handling Course
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course aims to promote a safe manual handling and people moving/handling culture to reflect current best practice and legislation. The successful completion of this course will enable the learners to provide the highest quality of care to service users. It also ensures compliance with relevant statutory requirements and standards and guidelines such as those published by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).
Who should attend?
People/Patient Handling is an essential course for anyone working in the healthcare sector including carer assistants, home carers, nurses and volunteers.
Course Content:
- Introduction
- Legislation
- Risk factors for back injuries
- Study of Bio-mechanics
- Anatomy & Back care
- Ergonomics
- Hazard Identification
- People Handling Risk Assessment
- Measures to avoid or reduce the risk of injury
- Looking after your back outside work
- Principles of People Handling
- Lying to sitting
- Sitting to standing
- Standing to sitting
- Assistance with walking
- Repositioning in the bed
- Trolley/bed moves, lateral transfers
- Transfer off the unit
- Use of Transfer Board
- Use of Turn Table
- Dealing with fallen clients
- Use of hoists
- Need to further develop these skills in the workplace
- Assessments
Assessment
The course comprises of theory and practical. There will be Theory Test and Practical Skills Demonstration as part of the assessment.
Course Duration: 1 Day
Trainer
All courses are delivered by a qualified QQI Level 6 Instructor.
Certification: Certified by Edmart Training & Consultancy in line with the HAS guidelines after successful completion of manual handling training and assessments.
Certification Validity: 2 Years
Refresher Course:
The learners must undergo refresher training every two years and when there is any major change in the work involved or equipment used or when an employee is transferred to another setting requiring different people to be handled.
