Manual Handling, Risk Assessment & Patient Lifting

Course Title

Manual Handling, Risk Assessment & Patient Lifting

Content

Covering all aspects of Manual Handling & Patient Lifting in the Workplace. 

Course covers:

• Manual Handling Legislation
• The reasons for looking after one's back
• Anatomy of the back
• Common back injuries as a result of incorrect manual handling, Biomechanics of manual handling.
• Manual handling risk assessment.
• Safe manual handling
• Manual handling demonstration.
• Backcare in everyday life.
• Correct Patient Lifting Techniques.

Duration

1 Day Course

Certification

Certificate issued for a period of two years to all successful attendees.    

Approval

Assessment

Exercises and Manual handling assessment of the Participants by the Instructor. 

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