ABSTRACT
Providing care and treatment for patients usually requires moving and handling activities associated with high rates of back injuries. The personal and financial cost of back pain and injuries to health staff means there is an urgent need to improve practice in this area. Over the past twenty years a number of guidelines have been published, however, these have been based on professional consensus rather than evidence.
Evidence-Based Patient Handling tackles the challenge of producing an evidence base to support clinical practice and covers tasks, equipment and interventions. This book questions previously held opinions about moving and handling and provides the foundation for future practice.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|15 pages
Research Background and Criteria
part II|154 pages
Research Results
section I|24 pages
Controversial Techniques andc Hazardous Tasks
section II|57 pages
Patient-Handling Tasks
section III|31 pages
Equipment
section IV|38 pages
Interventions