Moving & Handling of People

Duration: 3 - 7 hours

Face to face public/private event

Course Overview:

● Review of relevant legislation

● Spinal function

● Causes of back injury & back care

● Application of risk assessment

● Practical demonstrations with a large range of manual handling aids including slide sheets; slings; hoists; stand aids; transfer boards and more

●Practical demonstrations of safer manual handling techniques using principles of biomechanics.

Courses Available throughout 
2024

Risk Assessment LIVE Webinar

Duration: 1.5 hours

Live online private event

Course Overview:

● Exploration of different types of risk assessment

● Five steps for success

● Community working

● Positive risk taking

● Evaluating risks

● Deciding precautions

● Recording findings

Courses Available throughout 
2024

Single Handed Care

Duration: 3 - 7 hours

Face to face public/private event

Course Overview:

● Why it is important for single handed care to be considered?

● Legal implications for single handed care provision & myth busting of blanket policies

● Risk assessment principles and how to conduct them effectively

● Who to involve in care planning for best engagement and successful outcomes

●Single-handed care approaches and techniques using gantry/ overhead track systems; In-bed management sheet systems; turning and repositioning sheets; stand aids; standing hoists and more

Courses Available throughout 
2024

Basic Life Support

Duration: 3 - 7 hours

Face to face public/private event

Course Overview:

● Introduction to BLS

● The primary & secondary surveys

● The recovery position & CPR

● Responding to emergency situations

Courses Available throughout 
2024

Clinical Reasoning for equipment presciption

Duration: 3-7 hours 

Face to face public/private event

Course Overview:

●What is clinical reasoning?
●Why is it important?
●Relevant legislative frameworks and other guidance
●Common legal challenges and how to avoid them
●The role of the authoriser
●Practice to Prescribe equipment model
●Common mistakes on equipment request forms
●What makes clinical justification effective?

 

Courses Available throughout 
2024

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