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Our People Handling Training Program
Whether caring for a loved one in the home or working within the healthcare and social care profession, the care involved often includes moving, lifting, or otherwise manually handling people. Allied Health Experts’ moving and handling training programs are designed to highlight the requirements and risks associated with patient handling. We also provide the necessary training that minimises the risks of injury to both patient and caregiver or health care provider.
Allied Health Experts Patient Handling Training
Allied Health Experts provides patient handling training for healthcare workers and caregiving families in Toowoomba and surrounds. Our training includes the correct use of hoists, slide sheets, transfer belts and other movement aides, as well as how to manually transfer patients in and out of vehicles, into and out of wheelchairs and other manual transfers that generally take place throughout the course of a regular day.
Our patient handling trainer is Nichola Martyr, an in-demand injury and risk management trainer who has created and presented both equipment-based patient handling and manual patient handling training sessions across the country. Articulate and engaging, Nichola provides expert training to suit the needs of any individual or organisation.
People handling training includes, but is not limited to:
- Documentation and training associated with individual hoisting plans: Written and practical training in the use of hoists, lifts and other patient-moving equipment.
- Training in all aspects of patient handling: Includes manual movement (without use of equipment) and essential moving from bed to chair, in and out of vehicles, moving within the bathroom and all other movement and/or significant position changes.
- Annual competency-based training: Ensures that your healthcare workers are up to date on all current handling techniques and technologies that will provide for the safety of your patients and your workers’ continued safety in the workplace.
- Individual task-specific training for caregivers: Specialised training for the layperson (non-professional) tasked with caring for a family member or loved one within the home.
Protect yourself, your loved one, your patients and/or your healthcare workers from the risks of severe and long-term injury.
When the terms “people handling” or “patient handling” are used, most think only in terms of transporting a patient from room to room or point to point. However, there are many other examples of people handling that occur within a daily routine. Performed incorrectly, such seemingly simple handling can nonetheless result in injuries to patient, caregiver or both. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Moving a patient from a laying-down position to a sitting position on the bed
- Lifting a patient from a seated position to a standing position
- Transferring a patient in and out of a wheelchair that is not equipped with motorised lift assistance
- Helping a patient who cannot assist transfer from sitting on the edge of a bed to a comfortable laying-down position in one motion
- Assisting a patient on and off of a commode or toilet chair
- Assisting a patient in and out of a shower or bath
Not only must great care be taken to protect both patient and caregiver, but the condition with which a patient is afflicted must also be carefully assessed and taken into account before moving or handling. For example, if moved incorrectly or too quickly, a patient who has suffered muscular atrophy in connection with a neuromuscular disease is in danger of inadvertent joint dislocation.
If any transfer equipment or aid is necessary for patient handling, lack of proper training regarding the apparatus and patient transfer can result in significant injury to the patient, caregiver or both.
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