Page 40 - SAFE PATIENT HANDLING AND MOVEMENT

• One caregiver

• Points to remember:

➢Properly adjust the height of the bed

Move a according to your own height

➢Split the transfer in three parts: legs,

patient side- middle, shoulder

➢Pull over the patient’s weight while using
to-side in the your own weight. Use leg and hip muscles

bed instead of using the upper body muscles

➢Ask the resident to look at his feet. This will

increase abdominal muscular tension

leading to more cooperation.