Manual Handling Training(Full)

The manual handling training at Nursing Training is one-day training. The course is entirely offline; meaning – it has no online components however students might need to do some online assessments depending on the trainer. You can register for the course online, but the training will be delivered in one of our centres. It is imperative to understand why the course has been structured this way. Attending the training session at our premises will give you exposure to the right tools like the hoists, slide sheets, hospital beds and mobility assistance tools. You are expected to know how to ease each one of these. Trying to understand their usage for the first time, while at work, can prove hazardous for both you and the patient.

Our program is designed to give you a comprehensive tour across the manual handling process in a total of 4 hours. This way, you can finish the program in one day and resume your studies, training or job after a few hours. Once you have cleared the passing test beyond the appropriate benchmark, you will receive the digital certificate on the same day via email or other means. For additional fees, you can also get a physical copy of the certificate.

The course has been designed to train you in four essential skills:

Shifting the Patient:

The course draws on the expertise of its trainers and the infrastructure at our facility for this module. Here, you get to learn how to use slide sheets, monkey bars and hoists to shift the patient. This can be for taking temperature, hygiene or even for medication. The idea is to help the patient without lifting her/him or causing her/him any inconvenience. At the same time, you’re taught how to avoid using the hospital bed’s adjustment tools to do the same. While most hospitals have such beds, being trained in other techniques makes you less dependent on the condition of the bed for such activities. You will go through the principles of manual handling and other fundamentally critical subjects.

Assisting the Patient in Mobility

One of the most seemingly complex roles of a nursing or healthcare assistant/supervisor/coordinator for aged and disabled people, is helping them move from one point to another. After the ‘Shifting the Patient’ module, you will go through this specific module and learn how to assist a patient in need with the right mobility tools.

Responding to a Non-Medical Emergency

When you are working as a nurse, emergency caregiver or anyone else in the healthcare services and attendance area, there will be an instance once in a while where you will find a patient in a non-medical emergency. This can include the patient slipping on the floor or the patient having trouble in the washroom.

There are no modules provided in the mainstream healthcare programs to help you think and act the right way in such situations. That gap is filled by the Manual Handling Training Program – Full Course.

Assisting the Patient in Daily Activities

Finally, to roundup the skills imparted by the program, you will go through a series of activities that you would be undertaking as a professional later on. These would include but a not limited to – making a bed, giving a bed bath, assisting the patient with the commode seat and so on.

As a part of Manual Handling Training, the candidtes will also get experience in the following activities:

• Understanding & Learning about NO lift Policy
• Basic anatomy and physiology of the spine
• Correct postures to be used at workplace
• Making an unoccupied bed & occupied bed
• Repositioning the client using the slide sheet
• Repositioning the client using monkey bar
• Turning the client in the bed
• Assisting a client to stand up (From chair & Bed)
• Transferring the client from bed to chair using Stand Hoist
• Transferring the client from bed to chair using General Hoist
• Transferring the client from chair to Shower chair/commode/toilet.
• Floor Recovery – assisting a client who had a fall

The manual handling course has been designed as a supplementary module that will give you the job-necessary skills to be paired with your training in paramedics, nursing, aged or disabled care facilities. We encourage the students thinking about this program to have a look at our repository of other programs as well, to find the right set of complementary courses. Or, you can get in touch with our Career Counselling team and get expert advice on what programs would be appropriate for your career goals and profile.

The course will help you become a better professional with career tracks such as:

• Attending the diploma program at Auz Training, focused on aged and disabled people’s care.
• Becoming a nurse, emergency healthcare responder, ambulance assistant or a supervisor/coordinator/assistant to a nurse, healthcare institution, home or community living space, focusing on aged and disabled people.

For more information, please get in touch with us at info@nursingtrainingaustralia.com