Online people handling course

About this course

Healthcare Professionals are often involved in the movement of patients within their daily work. Safe moving and handling of people continues to be a major challenge in all health and social care settings, and poses a risk of injury for the carer and for the person. When patient handling is performed correctly, patients can be moved with ease and with reduced risk of injury, to both the patient and the healthcare professional.

This online People Handling e-learning course offers employers and employees a best practice guide on safer patient handling. It has been developed specifically for the healthcare sector. It will be of great benefit to all frontline and ancillary staff within the acute and community hospital sectors; carers working in long-stay institutions, respite care and nursing homes; those who deliver home help services; providers of nurse education.

30 MINUTES OF LEARNING CONTENT

Learn at your own pace on computer or iPad

3 MONTHS ACCESS

24/7 access to learning materials

0.5 CPD POINTS

PDF certificate of completion available

DEVELOPED WITH CHARTERED PHYSIOTHERAPISTS

High quality learning materials

UP-TO-DATE CONTENT

Video based learning

INVEST IN YOURSELF

Only €50 per person

Very happy with People Handling. Being an Irish product is a bonus.
The range of techniques demonstrated is very appropriate…excellent and very well executed.
– Clinical Education, Galway Clinic

Off-the-shelf eLearning

People Handling is also available for organisations to host on their existing learning management system (LMS). Our flexible pricing structure makes it suitable for both large and small organisations.

Course Details

Topics

Introduces moving and handling of people
Describes safer people handling practices
Features specialist guidance from a chartered physiotherapist
Outlines the process for people handling risk assessments
Sets out the principles of safer handling
Demonstrates the key safer handling techniques:
- Rolling a person
- Inserting and removing sliding sheets
- Repositioning people using sliding sheets
- Assisting people to stand and walk with handling belts
- The use of roll boards in lateral transfers
- Using hoists
Highlights the important role you play in safer people handling

Content Specialist: Lelia Jennings

MISCP, Dip SHWW (Physiotherapy)

Lelia Jennings is a Chartered Physiotherapist who specialises in the area of ergonomics and health and safety. Lelia is a member of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists, of ‘Back Exchange’ in the UK and of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). She is a past chairperson of the special interest group “Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics (CPOHE). Lelia is a Director of Occupational Physiotherapy Solutions Ltd (OPS) www.oops.ie