MK Fire Training

Patient Handling Refresher

Patient Handling Refresher

Designed for: Personnel who require existing skills updating or renewing their knowledge in relation to manual and patient handling.

Objectives:

  • To provide staff with an awareness of manual handling activities relative to their workplace
  • To introduce staff to manual handling techniques to safe guard themselves against back injury

Course Content:

  • Basic knowledge of legislation
  • Recognition of poor posture
  • Recognise hazardous and safe techniques
  • Effective risk assessment
  • To provide staff with an awareness of manual and patient handling activities relative to their workplace
  • To update staff manual and patient handling techniques to safe guard themselves against back injury

This course will include group discussions and exercises, finally concluding with a short multi-choice questionnaire. On completion of the course a certificate will be awarded to each successful staff member. The participating Company are presented with a Corporate Certificate.

Download the course description (PDF).