Rules of Body Mechanics While Lifting Patients

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Tip 1 - Rules of Body Mechanics When Lifting Patients | eHow

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Walsh Marcia | permalink

Transferring patients--from bed to chair, chair to gurney, and so on--is a basic skill of the health professions. Everyone from EMTs to MDs have to know how to do it. It is simple, but if done incorrectly, it can result in painful injuries that can sideline workers for months, or even permanently. To prevent this from happening to you, follow a...

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Tip 2 - Body Mechanics

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jonathan Christensen | permalink

Body Mechanics

For further reading: http://www.slideshare.net/allaine/body-mechanics-1443812 ^[2]

Tip 3 - Even 'Proper' Technique Exposes Nurses' Spines To Dangerous Forces

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by tej steiner | permalink

What exactly is happening to nurses' backs when they move and lift patients? NPR's Daniel Zwerdling teamed with scientists for a high-tech look inside his own back as he tried the same maneuvers.

For further reading: http://www.npr.org/2015/02/11/383564180/even-proper-technique-exposes-nurses-spines-to-dangerous-forces ^[3]