Safe Patient Handling in Long-Term Care

Free Audio Conference —

A key defense against resident and caregiver injury, safe patient handling techniques play a critical role in long-term care and rehabilitation facilities. Proper patient transport and handling become increasingly critical as facilities work with bariatric and developmentally disabled populations. Join us to learn how to assess transport devices and equipment and to develop programs to combat caregiver and resident injury.

Preventing Care Giver Injury: Long-Term Care Beds

When: Thursday, March 18th at 1PM EST (60 min.)

Topics:

Emerging trends and special needs in the LTC population
Myths and facts about back injuries
Safe patient handling techniques
Preventing care giver injury
Selecting the right high/low bed, equipment and supplies
Question and answer session

Safe Patient Handling of the Developmentally Disabled

When: Thursday, March 25th at 1PM EST

Topics:

Special handling needs of the developmentally disabled
Patient and staff risks
Patient lifts and walkers specially built for the disabled care situation
Training for effective equipment application
Assessing patients and developing care plans
Question and answer session

Speaker: Vishwanath Bhave, Product Manager,
Durable Medical Equipment

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Registration Instructions: Please complete the following information. Once we receive your registration information, we will send you a confirmation, the dial-in instructions, and slides for the audio conference. This information will be sent to you via email.

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I would like to register for the following conferences (check all that apply):

March 18 — Preventing Care Giver Injury: Long-Term Care Beds
March 25 — Safe Patient Handling of the Developmentally Disabled