Moving & Handling People
This interactive session is aimed at those whose role may involve moving people.
The training session includes:
- Definition of manual handling actions
- Dynamic Risk Assessments
- Good Posture
- Contributary factors in back pain
- Legislations
- Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and Regulations
- Health & Social Care Act 2008/2014 and Regulated Activities
- Anatomy of The Spine
- Warning Signs of moving related injuries
- Manual Handling Do’s and Don’ts
- Safe Wheelchair Use
- Practical elements
- Good posture
- Power position
- Assist someone from sitting to standing
- Assisting someone from standing to sitting
- Overview of small equipment
- Transfer boards
- Slide sheets
- Turntables
- Slings for Hoists
- Handling Belts
- Walking frame (not moving and handling equipment but gets misused as a standing aid)
- Falls
- Coaching fallen people from the floor
- Overview of lifting equipment
Duration: 3 hours
Moving & Handling Loads
This interactive session is designed for anyone who is required to move, lift or carry objects.
The training session includes:
- What is manual handling?
- Anatomy of the spine
- Causes of back pain
- Manual Handling assessments
- Manual Handling legislation
- Principles of safe manual handling
- Unsafe systems of work
- Practical manual handling solutions
Duration: 2 hours
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