Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance
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From the publishers of the market-leading at a Glance series comes a succinct and visual guide to the topic of moving and handling. Wide-ranging yet easy to read, Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance provides an accessible introduction to the key theoretical underpinnings of moving and handling, including the legal aspects, biomechanics, risk assessment and safe principles of handling. It then explores the practical aspects of handling, supported by clear and straightforward illustrations and photographs.
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Preface vii
Acknowledgments viii
Part 1 Theory 1
1 Legislation: I 2
2 Legislation: II 4
3 Structure and function of the spine 6
4 Posture and back care 8
5 Safe principles of moving and handling 10
6 Controversial techniques 12
7 Risk assessment: moving and handling 14
8 Risk assessment: general 16
9 Individual patient handling assessment 18
Part 2 Practice 21
Load handling and practical application of ergonomics
10 Lifting a load 22
11 Pushing a bed 24
12 Good workstation set-up 26
13 Postural issues with laptops and tablets 28
Moving a patient in and out of a chair and walking
14 Assessing the patient before standing from a chair 30
15 Moving a patient forwards in a chair 32
16 Standing a patient: with one handler 34
17 Standing a patient: with two handlers 36
18 Seating a patient 38
19 Moving a patient back in a chair 40
20 Walking with handler(s) 42
21 Tips for using walking frames 44
22 Assisting a patient off the floor: verbal 46
Sitting a patient up, and in and out of bed
23 Sitting a patient using an electric profiling bed 48
24 Sitting a patient using a non-profiling bed 50
25 Sitting a patient onto the side of an electric profiling bed 52
26 Sitting a patient onto the side of a non-profiling bed 54
27 Lying down a patient from the bed edge 56
28 Standing a patient up from the bed edge 58
29 Standing a patient up from the bed edge using a profiling bed 60
Moving a patient within the bed
30 Turning a patient in bed: verbal 62
31 Turning a patient in bed: one handler 64
32 Turning a patient in bed: two handlers 66
33 Inserting two flat slide sheets under a patient: unravelling technique 68
34 Inserting two flat slide sheets under the patient: by rolling patient 70
35 Inserting a roller slide sheet under a patient 72
36 Moving a semi-independent patient up the bed with a roller slide sheet 74
37 Moving a patient up the bed with a roller slide sheet 76
38 Moving a patient up the bed with two flat slide sheets 78
39 Turning a patient in bed with roller slide sheets 80
40 Turning a patient in bed with two flat slide sheets 82
41 Moving a patient's legs into bed with a slide sheet 84
Use of hoists and slings
42 Types of hoist 86
43 Types of sling 88
44 Insertion of sling into bed 90
45 Removal of sling from bed 92
46 Insertion of sling into chair 94
47 Removal of sling from chair 96
48 Insertion of sling into bed with slide sheets 98
49 Insertion of sling into chair with slide sheets 100
50 Hoisting from bed to chair with a mobile hoist 102
51 Hoisting from chair to bed with a mobile hoist 104
52 Hoisting from the floor with a mobile hoist 106
53 Using a standing hoist 108
Lateral transfers
54 Lateral transfer from bed to bed/trolley 110
55 Transfer from chair to bed using a transfer board 112
Other handling equipment
56 Assisting a patient to use a rota-stand: one handler 114
57 Assisting a patient to use a rota-stand: two handlers 116
58 Use of standing and raising aids (non-mechanical) 118
59 Use of equipment for bariatric patients 120
60 Kneeling and working at floor level 122
Case studies
Case study 1: Assessing a bariatric patient 124
Case study 2: Managing leg ulcer dressings in the community (kneeling) 128
Index 132