Manual Handling and Patient Handling Ireland

Course details

Course Aim:

To provide learners with an understanding of the knowledge & skills to lift safely.

• List the main duties of the employer & employee under the SHWW Act 2007
• Describe 3 main steps an employer must take regarding the manual handling regulations
• Identify key components of the spine
• List the main muscle groups
• Explain the purpose during lifting
• Explain the difference between a Hazard & a Risk
• Identify Risk factors using T.I.L.E
• List the benefits of stretching
• Perform stretching exercises safely
• Lift safely

Patient Handling

Course Aim

• To provide learners with the knowledge, skills and attitude required for safe patient handling.

Course Objectives:

• On completion of this course learners will be able to:
• Explain their legal rights and responsibilities
• Explain how the musclo-skeletal system can get injured
• Identify risk factors associated with patient handling
• Apply the principles of safe lifting to inanimate objects
• Apply the principles of safe lifting to animate objects
• Handle patients safely

Course Content:

• Legislation
• Anatomy
• Risk Assessment
• Control Measures
• Principles of Safe lifting
• Principles of Safe Patient Handling
• Principles of Safe Patient Handling and Team work
• Use of hoists and Lifting Equipment