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Re: Hospital Backaches.
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Originally Posted by jambutty
Yes but you still have to lean over the bed to grab the patient and pull him towards you. Doing any physical work with a bent back is not good.
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The back is straight when using the Pat-Slide, we use our arms and step back to slide the patient, that is the correct procedure. We have mandatory manual handling training every year where the correct procedures are taught. Anyone doing it incorrectly doesn't have a leg to stand on when they incur an injury. I have never bent over a bed to slide a patient because I have never needed to.
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