Description
According to the HSE, approximately 70,000 healthcare workers a year suffer injuries from improper moving and handling of patients in UK hospitals and care homes, leading to around £400 million in costs and lost workdays for the NHS and the care industry
Our City & Guilds Assured People Moving and Handling Train the Trainer course directly addresses this critical issue, equipping your healthcare staff with advanced techniques to safely move patients, protecting both themselves and those in their care.
Delegate Requirements
To successfully complete this intensive 2 day course, you must have: -
- A relevant healthcare qualification, e.g. nurse, health worker, care assistant
- A prior practical understanding of people moving
- Experience in working in a healthcare/social care setting
- The physical capability of practical people moving and handling
- A keen interest in patient or resident care
What you will learn
Day 1 (09:30 - 17:00)
Course Introduction: 9:30 - 10:00 (30 minutes)
Day 1 Micro Teach: 10:00 - 11:15 (75 minutes)
Each delegate is to deliver a 5 minute pre-planned micro teach presentation on a people moving and handling subject of their choice.
Session 1: Training Administration, Hints and Tips 11:30 - 12:15 (45 minutes)
- Training Strategy
- Your Training Pack
- Lesson Structure and Planning
- Aims and Objectives
- Clinical Competence
- Insurances
Session 2: Legislation, Regulations and Guidance 12:15 - 13:00 (45 minutes)
- The UK Legal System
- Civil VS Criminal Law
- Health and Safety Act
- Managing Health and Safety
- Hazards and Risks
- Manual Handling Regulations
- Employees Responsibilities
- Employers Responsibilities
- Risk Assessments
- Balanced Decision Making
Lunch break: 13:00 - 13:30 (30 minutes)
Session 3: Patient Handling Considerations and Planning 13:30 - 14:15 (45 minutes)
- Definitions and Key Principles
- Person Centred Approach
- Maintaining Personal Identity
- Control and Communication
- Consent
- Factors affecting a client
- Promoting Mobility
- Dynamic Risk Assessment – ELITE
- Assessments and Care Planning
Session 4: Basic Falls Management 14:15 – 15:15 (60 minutes)
- Definitions and Risk Factors
- Deconditioning
- Delirium Vs Dementia
- Preventing and Mitigating Falls
- Actions and Falls Assistance
- Lifting Devices
- Post Falls Care
Afternoon break: 15:15 - 15:30 (15 minutes)
Session 5: Anatomy, Mechanics and Human Movement 15:30 - 16:30 (60 minutes)
- Role of the Spine
- Types of Injury
- Human Movement
- Bio-mechanics
- Lifting Technique
- Pushing and Pulling
- Tissue Viability and Pressure Ulcers
- Grading and Assessment
- Treatment Options
Preparation Day 2 - Micro Teach 16:30 - 17:00 (30 minutes)
Day 2 (9:30 - 17:00)
Introduction and Recap: 09:30 - 09:45 (15 minutes)
Day 2 Micro Teach: 09:45 - 10:45 (60 minutes)
AM Break: 10:45 - 11:00 (15 minutes)
Session 1: Controversial Techniques 11:00 - 11:20 (20 minutes)
- Definition of Controversial Techniques
- Types of controversial techniques
Session 2: Ergonomics and Equipment Core Skills (no equipment) 11:20 - 12:45 (85 minutes)
- Moving resident forward in a chair (minimum and maximum assistance)
- Moving resident forward in a chair (Handling Belt)
- Sitting to standing from chair
- Forwards, sideways and backwards steps (by one carer & two carers)
- Combination moves (by two carers)
- Independent but unstable resident
- 180 degrees move (no turntable)
- Assisted Walking (with/without frame)
- Self Help from the floor
- Moving resident onto Bed (by one carer & two carers)
- Sitting & Standing resident up from Bed (by one carer & two carers)
Lunch break: 12:45 - 13:15 (30 minutes)
Session 3: Ergonomics and Equipment Core Skills (simple equipment) 13:15 - 14:30 (75 minutes)
- Transfer Handling Belt & Turntable
- Transfer using Transfer Board
- Using one way Slide Sheet (by one carer)
- No slide sheet with verbal instruction (by one carer)
- No slide sheet and with verbal instructions and legs (by two carers)
- Applications of slide sheets (two techniques)
- Moving resident up the bed – Slide Sheet (by one carer & two carers)
- Removal of slide sheets
- Wheelchair Use
Afternoon Break: 14:30 - 14:45 (15 minutes)
Session 4: Ergonomics and Equipment Core Skills (simple equipment) 14:45 - 16:45 (120 minutes)
- Purpose of Hoisting
- Hoisting Incidents
- General Purpose Hoist – Essential Checks
- Hoisting resident from floor to bed
- Hoisting resident from bed to wheelchair
- Hoist chair to chair
- Transfer Rota-stand and Steady
- Falls Equipment (Camel / Elk)
Course summary: 16:45 - 17:00 (15 minutes)
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