Module 1

Introduction to Manual Handling Equipment:

•No Lift Policies

•Examples of mechanical equipment

•Examples of handling devices

•Managing the use of mechanical equipment

•Problems with mechanical equipment

•Using mechanical equipment correctly

Module 2

Mechanical Transfers:

•Standing equipment

•How to assist a client with standing equipment

•Total lifting machines

•Slings

•Using mechanical equipment

Module 3

Manual Handling Aid Transfers:

•Manual handling aids and devices

•Turning a client in bed using sliding equipment

•Moving a client up the bed using sliding equipment

•Sliding transfer from bed to bed

•Sliding transfer bed to chair

•Equipment to reduce manual handling

"The M-Power Nursing - Manual Handling Equipment"

MANUAL HANDLING TRAINING VIDEOS (1997)

Three Modules + Workbook.

This series teaches and shows appropriate client transfer assistance techniques using mechanical aids.