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Techniques to
Minimize Risk 2. Risks related to the patient
➢Patients can not be lifted like loads; so safe
of Injury lifting “rules” do not always apply
From ➢Patients can not be held close to the body
➢Patients have no handles
Transferring / ➢It is not possible to predict what will happen
while handling a patient
Repositioning ➢Patients are bulky
Patients
