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Moving & Handling

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What the course covers:

  • Definition of Manual Handling
  • Legislation, policies and procedures
  • Manual Handling Operations Legislation
  • The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases, and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)
  • The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations
  • The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
  • Main causes of injury, manual handling injuries and injury statistics
  • The spine – structure and function
  • Risk factors and preventing accidents
  • Posture and ergonomics
  • Lifting and lowering limits
  • Moving objects – principles
  • Moving objects – team lifts
  • Supporting someone to move back and forward in their chair
  • Supporting someone to stand and sit
  • What to do when someone falls
  • Getting up from the floor
  • Transfer boards and slide sheets
  • Types of hoists, using a hoist, slings and wheelchairs
  • Incorrect ways to move people

 

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