Driver Attendants

Driver Attendants

This is a very practical course designed to meet the needs of transport staff in health and social care settings. It is usually delivered with access to the vehicles in use which has proved essential to be able to explore key moving and handling issues and posture care.

Course includes:

• Legislation and the employer's policy
• Risk assessment
• Structure and function of the spine
• Causes and effects of injury
• Principles for safer moving and handling
• Practices that are considered controversial when assisting people to move
• Assisted transfers, safe use of wheelchairs, safe use of tail lifting equipment, wheelchair anchoring systems, transfer to and from vehicles, emergency handling