PHSA - WHS - Patient Handling Guidelines

This course will introduce learners to patient handling guidelines, which are used when assessing a patient to determine preparedness and the best procedure for transferring the patient.

This Patient Handling Guidelines course must be taken before all other safe patient handling courses in the curriculum.

Topics include:

• Patient handling guidelines
• Patient risk assessment
• Environmental risk assessment
• Caregiver risk assessment
• Work organization risk assessment
• What to avoid
• Universal seated transfer algorithm
• Universal established seated transfer method algorithm
• Sling removal in seated position
• Universal bed repositioning algorithm
• Lateral transfer algorithm
• Universal standing transfer algorithm
• Universal ambulation algorithm