Manual patient lifting vs. leveraged patient transfers It is never safe to lift and twist patients Never Conventional patient transfer techniques fail in ease of transfer and safety. The main problem is lifting strains the caregiver and twisting strains the patient. These activities lead to injuries. Leverage patient transfer techniques…
The concept of using leverage for moving heavy objects is older than the pyramids. The pyramids could not have been built without it. This same principle has been used by most everyone since it's discovery except the health care industry. The main reason for the failure to adopt these principles…
Patient safe handling requires that you eliminate lifting and twisting during the transfer process. To eliminate lifting you use leverage and to eliminate twisting you use a lateral transfer plate. The combination reduces the transfer weight of the patient by 90% turning a 170 lb patient into a 17 lb…