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Moving & Handling Patients (CPD Certified)

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Association for Real Change NI

Cost: ARC Member £45 | Non-member £65
This course is designed for all staff working in a health care environment that involves moving people. Through the course delegates will learn standard moving and handling principles, as well as moving and handling patients.

This will ensure that participants are fully skilled in techniques for moving people in the environment in which they work. The aim of this course is to increase trainee knowledge of the legal framework, background theory and practical skills involved in client moving and handling.

By the end of the course the learners will:

  • understand the main legislative framework relating to moving and handling
  • identify the main anatomical features of the spine and discuss the biomechanics and predisposing factors in spinal injury
  • describe how to carry out a risk assessment
  • demonstrate knowledge of correct posture
  • list common examples of condemned moving and handling techniques
  • describe the common practical techniques for sitting, standing and in the bed procedures using direct contact, the client hoist and slide sheet.

 

Sector:
  • Education/training
  • Health and wellbeing

Date and Time

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Location

Wildflower Way
Boucher Road
Belfast
BT12 6TA
United Kingdom

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CPD Certified

CPD Certified