Moving and Handling People

CPD Approved

This Moving and Handling People eLearning course is aimed at people working in health and social care who have people in their care that have mobility issues. The course outlines the dangers and legislation that applies to moving and handling people as well as showing a range of techniques and equipment that can be used. The course also highlights the importance of proper risk assessments and care plans.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand the principles of good and safe patient handling.

  • Create and identify risk assessments.

  • Understand the skills required for each manoeuvring situation and how they are successfully applied.

  • Recognise the equipment that can be used. Target Audience

    People working in Health and Social care roles including health care and residential or nursing homes.

Advantages

Having training in moving and handling people can ensure that you do not injure yourself or someone in your care.

Online training is flexible, efficient and cost effective meaning the candidate can progress through the modules at their own pace and in their own time, so they can fit the training in around their work and personal life.

Further Progression

There are a lot of courses in our health and social care suite that would make great follow ups to this course and if you are in the adult social care sector then they would all provide valuable additions to your knowledge.

Specific topics that compliment this directly are Stroke Awareness and Dementia Awareness.

Modules

  1. The Principles of Safer Patient Handling

  2. Moving and Handling Assessments

  3. Practical Skills

  4. Transferring and Walking

  5. Avoiding and Dealing with Patient Falls

  6. Fitting and Using A Flat or Tubular Slide Sheet

  7. Bed Mobility

  8. Other Patient Manoeuvres

  9. Sitting a Patient Up

  10. Hoisting

  11. Checking the Hoist

  12. More Hoisting Practicalities

  13. More Hoisting Techniques

Each module requires a pass rate of 70% or higher to proceed

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Price: £22.00 + VAT

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