Time: 1pm to 3pm SA | 1.30pm to 3.30pm VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS | 10.30am to 12.30pm WA | 12pm to 2pm NT | 12.30pm to 2.30pm QLD

Audience: Nurses and Care and Support Staff in Aged and Disability services

The Backsafe difference

Our goal is to help carers prioritise their own safety at work so they can provide the best care to their clients and keep safe from musculoskeletal injuries.

We know that to achieve lasting change, along with teaching specific client moving transfers, we also need to instil a deep understanding of how the body works and how an injury occurs so that carers can take this knowledge and apply it to any workplace task.

This course will cover:

Part 1: Your body at work

How the body works and how the creation of a MSD is a cumulative trauma injury
How leverage forces can negatively impact the body when lifting incorrectly and how correct lifting can allow the body to work safely without damage
Understanding the Hierarchy of Controls as it relates to client moving
Demonstration of pre-work and after breaks warm-ups and stretches

Part 2: Safe manual handling and client moving – Strategies and techniques

Understanding and application of lifting, carrying and generally moving plant, equipment and frequently used items
Understanding and application of a range of client/patient transfers including:
OFF BED
- Move from bed to chair
- Move from chair to bed
- Chair to toilet
- Move fallen person off floor
- In/out of bath or shower
WALKING
- Walking with belt support
- In/out of car or van
ON BED
- Move up / down bed
- Sit up
- Roll over
- Turn / reposition in bed
- Sit on side of bed

Course Outcomes

Decreased risk of sustaining injuries when moving clients
Decreased risk of sustaining injuries when moving plant, stores and equipment
Increased safety for those that you are caring for
Increased confidence with providing patient handling care
Identification and control of specific transfer techniques in client moving
Identification and control of manual handling techniques in the aged care and disability sector

Resources

All participants will receive the following Backsafe Training Materials:

1 x Backsafe Patient moving workbook (44 pages)
1 x Backsafe General manual handling workbook (56 pages)
1 x Backsafe laminated warm up and stretch tri-fold card
Access to 21 x Backsafe patient moving videos

Presented by Peter Broadbent from Backsafe

Peter has been working in the safety training sector for over 30 years working with some of the largest organisations in Australia and overseas. During this time Peter developed Backsafe which is a proactive injury prevention training program which has now been delivered to tens of thousands of employees in a range of different industries with a range of different job tasks.

Peter has trained carers from the aged care and disability sectors so that they become aware of their body position and health implications whether they are caring for adult patients in the home, hospital or healthcare facilities and child and adult clients in residential care and disability facilities.

Peter’s goal is to reduce the incidence and severity of musculoskeletal injuries resulting from manual handling hazards when lifting and moving materials, equipment and transferring people.

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Notification of cancellation or transfer of registration must be by email to enquiry@acia.asn.au. No refund is available for any cancellations received five working days or less prior to the start date, however a substitute delegate is welcome. Please notify ACIA of any substitution as soon as possible. No refund or transfer will be given for non-attendance.