Back Safety Made Simple for Healthcare
20 min! Run Time
Employees
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of Completion
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What you'll learn
Skills covered in this course
Description
- Anatomy of the back
- Causes of back pain
- How to heal the back and prevent injury
- Correct lifting and carrying techniques
- Lateral Transfer Techniques
- Bed to Wheelchair Transfer Techniques
- Wheelchair to Bed Transfer Techniques
- Back Injury Prevention
- Pain Relief Strategies
- Ergonomic changes to prevent back pain
- Sleep conditions that affect the back
- Posture
- Flexibility and exercise regime
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
For 22 years, TrainingABC has provided high quality employee training content to companies, schools and government organizations around the world. Currently, over 2000 organizations use Trainingabc courses in their training.
Our courses focus on topics like HR compliance, customer service and leadership take complex topics and make them simple by using video. With sleek, modern, high-definition video, the courses break the language of the topic down into layman's terms making it much easier for employees to understand and retain information.
Back Safety Made Simple for Healthcare
Frequently Asked Questions
The course notes healthcare workers are at high risk for back injury, citing CDC data that more workers' compensation claims are filed for the back than any other injury.
It covers lateral transfer techniques along with bed-to-wheelchair and wheelchair-to-bed transfer techniques specific to patient handling.
Employers are required to implement occupational health and safety training to protect their employees, per the course's opening questions.
Yes, it covers sleep conditions that affect the back alongside posture, flexibility, and exercise as part of overall back care.
Beyond prevention, it covers pain relief strategies and ergonomic changes to prevent back pain among healthcare staff.
