Survey | Trustworth Group

A process of recording compliance with CQC standards

A process of identifying problems that might be caused by a particular activity and ways these risks can be controlled or avoided.

A document that records care plan daily notes

A document that records a history of accidents

Using your mobile phone while on duty

Twisting and bending

Repetitive activities

Not washing hands

Staying in the same position for long periods

Sudden unpredictable movements

Heavy work

Manual handling is any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving thereof) by hand or by bodily force

Manual handling means carrying manuals and books

Avoid, Assess, Reduce, Review

Assess, Action, Refine, Reduce

Assess, Action, Reduce, Review

Action, Amend, Retry, Recover

Never allowing residents to walk around

Using the correct equipment

Moving obstacles in the environment to make moving and handling easier

Putting residents in a reclining chair so that they can't get out

Encouraging residents to move themselves

User safe moving principles

Vertebrae

Spinal bones

Rib cage

Spinal chord

Spinal nervous system

Spinal chord

Vertebrae

Nerve channel

Task, Indivdual Capability, Load, Environment, Other factors

Task, Individual, Lift, Error, Options

Trips, Infection, Light, Environment, Outside

Lifting heavy loads is good for your health

Keep your hands close to your trunk, sometimes understood as, keep the load close to your waist

Work from a steady base

Use a good hand grip

Always wear protective clothing

Lead with your head

Make the task smooth and flowing

Think before you begin

The person you are helping

Your mobile phone

Anyone assisting you in the task

Other staff, professionals or relevant people in order to understand what is needed.

Maintain their mobility and muscle power

Improving their breathing

Maintaining their circulation capacity

Reducing their chances of being affected by certain diseases

Preventing falls

Promoting continence

Less work for care staff

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Moving & Handling Theory

Moving & Handling Theory

What is meant by the term risk assessment?

Which of the following can cause injuries to the spine?

Which of the following is correct?

What does AARR stand for?

Which of the following are common ways to reduce manual handling risks?

What name is given to the 33 bones that make up the spine?

What name is given to the channel of nerves that travels down the spine?

What does the term TILEO stand for?

Identify the 6 safe moving principles

Select which people you should talk and listen to when working with others on manual handling tasks.

Identify the benefits of encouraging a resident to move themselves as much as they can.