Healthcare: Lifting and Transferring Patients

Lifting and transferring patients is a common task for many healthcare workers; however, improper lifting-and-transferring techniques may result in harm to healthcare professionals or their patients.

In this self-paced course, you’ll learn about the risks of improper lifting and transferring of patients. You’ll learn strategies to prevent injuring yourself and your patients. The course includes a 10-question final assessment.

The content of this course is relevant to healthcare workers who interact with patients in hospitals, clinics, home healthcare, hospices, and similar settings. It doesn’t address lifting-and-transferring practices for air medical evacuation workers.