H&S: Supporting People to Move

* Understand the principles of manual handling and the importance
of risk assessment
* Recognise how dignity and independence should be maintained
* Identify different types of manual handling equipment and when
each one is required Safely supporting a person to:
* Walk without equipment
* Stand up and move from the chair to walk, using a transfer belt
* Move up the bed, using two slide sheets
* Move up the air chair, using slide sheet
* Roll, using the person’s body mechanics
* Roll, using a slide sheet
* Stand up and move from the bed to the chair, using walking frame
* Stand up and move from the chair to the wheelchair, using stand
up hoist
* Move from the bed to the chair, using a full sling hoist
* Move off the floor without equipment
* Move off the floor, using full sling hoist
* Move off the floor, using lifting cushion
* Move from the bed to trolley (for transporting or bath) using t
transfer board and slide sheet