Safe Patient Handling in Long-Term Care
Free Audio Conference —
A key defense against resident and caregiver injury, safe patient handling techniques play a critical role in long-term care and rehabilitation facilities. Proper patient transport and handling become increasingly critical as facilities work with bariatric and developmentally disabled populations. Join us to learn how to assess transport devices and equipment and to develop programs to combat caregiver and resident injury.
Safe Patient Handling in the Long-Term Care Setting
When: Thursday, March 4th at 1PM EST (60min.)
Topics:
- The myths and facts about back injuries in nursing
- State and federal legislation passed and currently under consideration
- 10 steps to implementing a program (covers equipment selection, lift policies, performing assessments, training, financial justifications, and much more!)
- Keeping your lifting program alive and well
- Medline’s Safe ‘n Easy Lifting Program and patient lifting product line
- Question-and-answer session
Preventing Care Giver Injury: Long-Term Care Beds
When: Thursday, March 18th at 1PM EST (60 min.)
Topics:
- Emerging trends and special needs in the LTC population
- Myths and facts about back injuries
- Safe patient handling techniques
- Preventing care giver injury
- Selecting the right high/low bed, equipment and supplies
- Question and answer session
Safe Patient Handling of the Developmentally Disabled
When: Thursday, March 12th at 1PM EST
Topics:
- Special handling needs of the developmentally disabled
- Patient and staff risks
- Patient lifts and walkers specially built for the disabled care situation
- Training for effective equipment application
- Assessing patients and developing care plans
- Question and answer session
Speaker:
Vishwanath Bhave, Product Manager,
Durable Medical Equipment