Lifting Patients from Beds

(13 min.) As a healthcare worker, you spend a good portion of your busy day moving and lifting patients. Not only do you risk hurting yourself in the process, but you may risk the safety of the patient as well. There are very simple techniques to make sure that both of you complete the move safely. By properly using these safe lifting and moving techniques, you can protect your back through the entire day.

Topics included in this safety video are: structure of your back, discs, cervical curve, thoracic curve, lumbar curve, body mechanics, draw-sheets, slide boards, trapeze, frail patients, obese patients, patients with casts, patients in traction, special needs patients, pulling a patient up in bed, turning a patient over in bed, and moving a patient from a bed to a gurney.

Program comes with a CD-ROM of written materials, including test questions and answers. English title also includes PowerPoint presentation.