Course Information

About this Course

External Links

Objectives

About This Course:
This course discusses several aspects of safe lifting and transfers. The areas that will be covered in this course are:

~Why is Back Safety so Important?
~Body Mechanics
~How Your Back Works
~Back Pain
~Back Posture
~The Safe Lifting Zone  
~Stop and Think
~Position the Feet
~Use Good Posture
~Get a Firm Grip
~Keep Close to the Load
~Pushing versus Pulling
~Devices to Assist with Transfers
~Take Care of Your Back when Lifting People
~Re-positioning a Person in Bed
~Two Person Transfer from Bed to a Chair 
~Complete Support Transfer
~Bed to a Wheelchair Transfer
~Transferring a Person to a Vehicle
~Maintaining a Healthy Back




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 


                                                                                                                                               

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Objectives:
After completing this course, learners will successfully be able to:

1. define body mechanics.
2. identify safe methods of lifting, transferring, and re-positioning people in need.
3. discuss how to maintain a healthy back.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                 

 

 

 

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External Links:

There are several informative websites that you might find to be useful resources on safe lifting and transfers. These links can be found by clicking on the "External Links" button located on the left side button bar.