Manual handling can be defined as the transporting or supporting of a load by hand or another part of the body. It can include lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying and intentional throwing of ...
Sue Thompson, RGN, is moving/handling coordinator; Phil Jevon, PGCE, BSc, RN, is resuscitation officer/clinical skills lead; both at Manor Hospital, Walsall, West Midlands. Using a hoist to move a ...