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Manual Handling Training for Nurses and Healthcare Workers
Estimated course duration: approximately 45–60 minutes. Your progress is saved on this device.
Introduction to Manual Handling in Nursing and HealthcareWhat manual handling and hazardous manual tasks are, why nurses and healthcare workers carry some of the highest injury rates of any occupation, and how handling a patient differs from handling an object.6–8 minutesAustralian Work Health and Safety PrinciplesThe model WHS laws and Victoria's OHS Act, the duties of health services and workers, consultation, the Code of Practice, and where your hospital's safe patient handling policy fits.6–8 minutesIdentifying Hazardous Manual TasksThe risk factors that make a manual task hazardous — force, posture, movement, duration and vibration — applied to real ward, theatre, emergency and clinic work.6–8 minutesRisk Assessment and Risk ControlsHow hazardous manual tasks are assessed in a health service — the risk management cycle, the hierarchy of controls, bedside assessment, and why technique alone is never the answer.6–8 minutesSafe Movement PrinciplesHow to prepare and move your own body during clinical tasks — planning, posture, keeping the load close, avoiding twisting, team commands and knowing when not to lift.5–7 minutesPatient Handling in Clinical SettingsThe core module — bed mobility, lateral transfers, sit-to-stand, mobilising patients with lines and drains, falls and the fallen patient, theatre and recovery, bariatric care, emergency handovers, and working under time pressure.9–11 minutesClinical Equipment and Handling AidsCeiling and mobile hoists, slings, stand-aids, slide sheets, transfer boards, air-assisted devices, profiling beds and everyday ward equipment — with pre-use checks, safe working loads and infection control.6–8 minutesReporting, Incidents and Ongoing SafetyWhat to report and how, early symptoms, what happens after an incident, escalating unsafe staffing, keeping your practice current, and the limits of this training.5–7 minutes
Final Assessment
20 multiple-choice questions. You need 75% to pass. Attempts are unlimited.
Tip: work through all eight modules first so you are prepared.