[jambutty]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

On one of my coach trips I met an ex nurse who was severely disabled with a back injury caused by decades of lifting patients. She had crutches and a mobility scooter.
I believe they have training in lifting but no matter how skilled you are at it, it must take its toll over a long period of time. As the population gets more obese it must be VERY difficult for nursing staff and hospital porters.

No amount of training will protect people when they have to lean over and lift with outstretched arms. At least stood upright the back is straight as it would be if the patient was transferred from bed to trolley etc from the end and not from the side.

Patients should be transferred from bed to trolley or trolley to bed with the bed and trolley placed end to end. A person on each corner, a simple small lift and a short walk and a gentle lowering. A heavier than normal person? Use six people.

Apart from that, what about the jolting of the patient? It’s not funny being jerked onto a bed when every movement is extremely painful.