Manual Handling Train the Trainer

The content here is the guidance on techniques and postures which all Manual Handling Trainers can use and include in their course materials/ All trainers should record which guidance documents they have used in their training records.

Powerpoint Presentations

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  Assisting a person who has fallen (PPT, 195.71 KB)
  
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  Assisting a person who is falling (PPT, 195.72 KB)
  
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  Safe use of Hoists and Slings (PPT, 195.72 KB)
  

Guidance sheets and leaflets

Inanimate Loads

• Manual Handling of Inanimate Loads Guidance B1 (179 KB)

People Handling/Support

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  Mobility Assistance for People with Dementia (DOC, 527 KB)
  
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  Assisting an individual to stand from chair or bed Guidance C1 (PDF, 390.68 KB)
  
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  Assisting to walk Guidance C2 (PDF, 153.8 KB)
  
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  Assisiting to sit on chair or bed Guidance C3 (PDF, 75 KB)
  
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  Seating adjustment - moving forwards/backwards in a chair Guidance C4 (PDF, 282.39 KB)
  
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  Assisiting an individual who is falling Guidance C5 (PDF, 218 KB)
  
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  Introducing slide sheets or a low friction roller Guidance D1 (PDF, 337.65 KB)
  
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  Reposition a person in bed  Guidance D2 (PDF, 242.43 KB)
  
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  Assist a person to roll Guidance D3 (PDF, 355.27 KB)
  
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  Assisting a person in/out of bed or on/off a trolley or table  Guidance D4 (PDF, 293.57 KB)
  
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  Assistance to sit from a lying position  Guidance D5 (PDF, 75 KB)
  
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  Assisting a person to transfer from one seat to another  Guidance E1 (PDF, 214.64 KB)
  
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  Moving and supporting an individual's limbs  Guidance E3 (PDF, 109.77 KB)
  
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  Assising a person to dress  Guidance E4 (PDF, 70.88 KB)
  
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  Assisting wth toileting  Guidance E5 (PDF, 73.22 KB)
  
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  Assising an individual to bathe/wash/shower Guidance (PDF, 69.06 KB)
  
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  Assisting an individual to eat and/or drink  Guidance E7 (PDF, 54.34 KB)
  
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  Using Wheelchairs Guidance F2 (PDF, 82.75 KB)
  
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  Using Hoists Guidance F3 (PDF, 998.3 KB)
  

Working at a desk

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  Posture when working at a desk Guidance B2 (PDF, 73.24 KB)