safe patient handling what’s your safety temperature?
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• Understand the magnitude of patient handling injuries
• Learn what you can do to reduce your risk of injury
Objectives
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Did you know…
• During an average 8 hour shift, nurses lift 1.8 tons.
• 12% of all nurses leave the profession annually due to back injuries.
• 52% of all nurses working complain of chronic back pain.
• Nursing is considered one of the highest risk occupations, 2nd only to truck drivers.
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Rates of worker injuries by occupationAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
13.5
8.88.1 7.9
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Nursing Home Workers
Hospital Workers
Manufacturing Workers
Construction Workers
Miners
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Decades of data have taught us that traditional methods of training on effective
lifting techniques, body mechanics and working in teams . . . .
IS NOT THE SOLE IS NOT THE SOLE SOLUTION !SOLUTION !
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What can you do?
• Assess the patient’s abilities BEFORE moving them
• Assess attributes that might make the move more difficult
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What can you do?
• Determine the best/safest way to move the patient
• Get assistance when you need it
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Much like the flight attendant on an airplane that instructs passengers to place the oxygen mask on yourself first and then your child. . . .
You, as caregivers in healthcare, must take care of yourselves first in order to be able to take care of others.
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“Your organization is perfectly designed to get the results it’s getting now.”
Dr. Stephen CoveyAuthor of The SevenHabits of Highly EffectivePeople
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Safe Patient HandlingWhat’s Your Safety Temperature?