Safer Lifting for Patient Care
- List Price: $40.95
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition: 3
- Publisher: Blackwell Pub
- Publish date: 02/01/1991
Description:
Part 1 Essential information: Biomechanics, ergonomics and epidermiology :; Why we should learn to lift correctly; Friction, posture, bracing and commands; Mechanics of stability and stances; The grasps; Mechanics and performance of rocking manoeuvers, and the use of blocks; Selection of the lift; Standard procedure for a lift; Moving body parts; Turning the patient over; Part 2 Aids to lifting:; The patient handling slings; Hoists; Part 3 The lifts:; Shoulder (Australian) lift; Through arm lift; Orthodox lift; Half shoulder / half orthodox lift; Through arm and orthodox lifts with slings; Raising a patient's pelvis for nursing purposes; Three-person (team) lift; Through arm transfer with slings; Axillary lift; Elbow lift; Transfer sling lift; Falls; Floor to (wheel) chair lift using two manoeuvers; Through arm and sling lift; Waistband lift; Buttock lift; Sitting to standing sling lift; Forearm support lift; Forearm hold seesaw lift; Support in standing; Turning in standing; To sit a patient down; Lifting a patient from lying to sitting up; Lifting and moving loads other than patients
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