Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance: (At a Glance (Nursing and Healthcare))

Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners for its concise and simple approach and excellent illustrations. Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text. Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond. Everything you need to know about Moving and Handling Patients …at a Glance! From the publishers of the market-leading at a Glance series comes a succinct and visual guide to the topic of moving and handling. Wide-ranging yet easy to read, Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance provides an accessible introduction to the key theoretical underpinnings of moving and handling, including the legal aspects, biomechanics, risk assessment and safe principles of handling. It then explores the practical aspects of handling, supported by clear and straightforward illustrations and photographs. A clear, concise and comprehensive guide to moving and handling patients Superbly illustrated, with full colour photographs throughout Practice-oriented and based on the latest evidence to provide safe and effective patient care Available in a wide-range of digital formats — perfect for on-the-go study and revision Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance is ideal for nursing students, health care assistants, newly qualified nurses, as well as physiotherapists and occupational therapists. For more information on the complete range of Wiley nursing publishing, please visit: www.wileynursing.com To receive automatic updates on Wiley books and journals, join our email list. Sign up today at www.wiley.com/email All content reviewed by students for students Wiley Health Science books are designed exactly for their intended audience. All of our books are developed in collaboration with students. This means that our books are always published with you, the student, in mind If you would like to be one of our student reviewers, go to www.reviewnursingbooks.com to find out more. This new edition is also available as an e-book. For more details, please see www.wiley.com/buy/9781118853436 or scan this QR code: Moving and Handling Patirnts at a Glance is also available as a digital tetbook. For more details, visit http://bit.ly/MHp1AG

Table of Contents:
Preface vii Acknowledgments viii Part 1 Theory 1 1 Legislation: I 2 2 Legislation: II 4 3 Structure and function of the spine 6 4 Posture and back care 8 5 Safe principles of moving and handling 10 6 Controversial techniques 12 7 Risk assessment: moving and handling 14 8 Risk assessment: general 16 9 Individual patient handling assessment 18 Part 2 Practice 21 Load handling and practical application of ergonomics 10 Lifting a load 22 11 Pushing a bed 24 12 Good workstation set-up 26 13 Postural issues with laptops and tablets 28 Moving a patient in and out of a chair and walking 14 Assessing the patient before standing from a chair 30 15 Moving a patient forwards in a chair 32 16 Standing a patient: with one handler 34 17 Standing a patient: with two handlers 36 18 Seating a patient 38 19 Moving a patient back in a chair 40 20 Walking with handler(s) 42 21 Tips for using walking frames 44 22 Assisting a patient off the floor: verbal 46 Sitting a patient up, and in and out of bed 23 Sitting a patient using an electric profiling bed 48 24 Sitting a patient using a non-profiling bed 50 25 Sitting a patient onto the side of an electric profiling bed 52 26 Sitting a patient onto the side of a non-profiling bed 54 27 Lying down a patient from the bed edge 56 28 Standing a patient up from the bed edge 58 29 Standing a patient up from the bed edge using a profiling bed 60 Moving a patient within the bed 30 Turning a patient in bed: verbal 62 31 Turning a patient in bed: one handler 64 32 Turning a patient in bed: two handlers 66 33 Inserting two flat slide sheets under a patient: unravelling technique 68 34 Inserting two flat slide sheets under the patient: by rolling patient 70 35 Inserting a roller slide sheet under a patient 72 36 Moving a semi-independent patient up the bed with a roller slide sheet 74 37 Moving a patient up the bed with a roller slide sheet 76 38 Moving a patient up the bed with two flat slide sheets 78 39 Turning a patient in bed with roller slide sheets 80 40 Turning a patient in bed with two flat slide sheets 82 41 Moving a patient’s legs into bed with a slide sheet 84 Use of hoists and slings 42 Types of hoist 86 43 Types of sling 88 44 Insertion of sling into bed 90 45 Removal of sling from bed 92 46 Insertion of sling into chair 94 47 Removal of sling from chair 96 48 Insertion of sling into bed with slide sheets 98 49 Insertion of sling into chair with slide sheets 100 50 Hoisting from bed to chair with a mobile hoist 102 51 Hoisting from chair to bed with a mobile hoist 104 52 Hoisting from the floor with a mobile hoist 106 53 Using a standing hoist 108 Lateral transfers 54 Lateral transfer from bed to bed/trolley 110 55 Transfer from chair to bed using a transfer board 112 Other handling equipment 56 Assisting a patient to use a rota-stand: one handler 114 57 Assisting a patient to use a rota-stand: two handlers 116 58 Use of standing and raising aids (non-mechanical) 118 59 Use of equipment for bariatric patients 120 60 Kneeling and working at floor level 122 Case studies Case study 1: Assessing a bariatric patient 124 Case study 2: Managing leg ulcer dressings in the community (kneeling) 128 Index 132

About the Author :
Hamish MacGregor is an Independent Moving and Handling Consultant.

Review :
"The book would be useful for all healthcare professionals working in an environment that involves moving patients, such as a residential care home or a hospital ward. It would also be beneficial alongside manual handling training as relevant legislation and guidance is included. This book could be used as a tool during training. All wards should have a copy." (Nursing Standard 2016)