Lifting and Transferring Patients
Learn the risks of improperly lifting and transferring patients and strategies to prevent injuring yourself and others.
What you'll learn
- Identify the risks of improperly lifting and transferring patients
- Reduce the risk of injuries when lifting and transferring
- Properly plan the movement of patients
- Use proper techniques for common lifts and transfers
Lifting and transferring patients is a common task for many healthcare workers; however, improper lifting-and-transferring techniques may result in harm to healthcare professionals or their patients.
In this self-paced course, you’ll learn about the risks of improper lifting and transferring of patients. You’ll learn strategies to prevent injuring yourself and your patients. The course includes a 10-question final assessment.
The content of this course is relevant to healthcare workers who interact with patients in hospitals, clinics, home healthcare, hospices, and similar settings. It doesn’t address lifting-and-transferring practices for air medical evacuation workers.
