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Click the link to the left to visit the Get Body Smart website where you can look at the skeletal system and muscular system to understand what parts of the body we use when moving and handling. Click each link in the website to further explore parts of the body.
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‘Manual handling Assessment Chart (MAC) Tool’ published by the Health and Safety Executive Click on the icon to learn more about this method for assessing risk in manual handling.
‘Manual handling’ published by Healthy Working Lives
‘Moving and handling in care settings’ published by Shropshire Care Services Click to access a handout which highlights the important points to remember in regards to manual lifting and moving.
‘Practical support: Moving and handling the person you care for’ published by NHS Choices
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Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning
Clickthe link to the YouTube website where there are a selection of videos that demonstrate how to move an individual carefully and effectively, using different methods and equipment. Watch those that are relevant to your role.
Click the link to the left to visit the Get Body Smart website where you can look at the skeletal system and muscular system to understand what parts of the body we use when moving and handling. Click each link in the website to further explore parts of the body.
Click the link below to access a document from the Royal College of Nursing called ‘Moving and handling: Advice guides’ which will give you further information on risk assessments and moving and handling individuals.
This article from the HSE is called ‘What you need to do –Moving and Handling’
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