Plus Size Patient Care Training
Plus Size Patient Care: The 5 Approach
CPD Certified Manual Handling Workshop
Understanding and putting into practise techniques to effectively care for plus size individuals is essential to provide inclusive, dignified, and quality care – for both the patient and staff.
With the right equipment and the right approach, quality care can be provided in a safe and timely manner and the number of staff required to lift, reposition and transfer can often be reduced.
In our one-day theoretical and practical session with a bariatric empathy suit, we empower healthcare professionals to confidently put effective manual handling skills into practise to improve care for all.
Register your interest in our FREE Plus Size Patient Manual Handling CPD here:
What you’ll learn
Our course covers:
- Defining the plus-sized/bariatric patient
- How language can impact care and the scale of this issue
- Plus-sized handling and legislation
- The 5 body shapes
- How to use 5 manual handling questions to help plan care
- The 5 x 5 Plus-Sized Risk Grid
- Practical sessions
- Scenario-based group learning including “Handling a non-mobile bariatric patient using hoists, slings, and glide sheets” and “Managing a semi-mobile patient through bed features, commodes, and step transfers”
- 8 hours of CPD
Locations
We host workshops nationwide. From NBE meetings to on-site at NHS Trusts.
Register your interest and we will be in touch to arrange a convenient time and location.