Manual Handling in Health & Social Care

• Understand the relevant legislation that underpins manual handling of people
• Understand the importance of the musco-skeletal system and the spine
• Identify manual handling hazards and demonstrate knowledge on risk reduction including promoting patient independence
• Perform safe moving and handling techniques, using relevant equipment and in simulated scenarios
• Demonstrate knowledge on how to assist a falling or fallen person, including injury assessment and how to assist from the floor

SESSION 1

• Introduction to the training and defining manual handling
• Legislation related to manual handling
• Patient specific legislation

SESSION 2

• Musco-skeletal system, the spine and common injuries
• Dynamic risk assessment and hazard perception using ELITE.
• Risk reduction, promoting independence and record-keeping

SESSION 3 – Practical Techniques

Chair

• Sitting to standing, standing to sitting and repositioning
• Assisting walking with and without a frame
• Using a rotunda, stand aid and slide sheet

Bed

• Standing to lying, lying to standing and repositioning
• Techniques for assisting with personal care, dressing and continence product change.
• Sizing and fitting a sling

Using a hoist

• Bed to bed, bed to chair and chair to bed
• On & off a toilet or commode.

Falls

• Assisting when falling
• Assisting when fallen, including basic first aid assessment
• Troubleshooting

SESSION 4 – Practical Demonstration

• Learner to demonstrate dynamic risk assessment in controlled simulation of manual handling task
• Learner to demonstrate safe moving and handling technique/skill with and without use of equipment
• Questions, answers and feedback