Ergo-Path Safe Patient Handling System Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, attendees are expected to:

• understand the concepts of a successful safe patient handling program
• understand why a systematic approach to resolving safe patient handling issues is important to capability and program development
• be familiar with the essential tools of safe patient handling
• understand the criteria for applying the Ergo-PATH tools to the variety of safe patient handling issues encountered in a variety of healthcare situations and facilities
• understand the critical contributions of the Ergo-PATH tool
• understand how to identify and task safe patient handling team members, to ensure that they work effectively within the established program guidelines
• understand the range of techniques available for assessing the effectiveness of a successful safe patient handling program..

Key Questions

This course introduces attendees to the analytic and design tools of safe patient handling systems, and uses exercises to provide experience in applying the tools to safe patient handling team development, montitoring, and sustainability, over the system life cycle.

This three-day workshop covers three complementary frameworks for the success of safe patient handling programs, analysis and design of program plans.

The basic components of each are described and then demonstrated to illustrate how they can be applied to enhance the safe patient handling systems of a healthcare facility and how to integrate them within existing systems . Specifically designed exercises give attendee practical experience with the learned techniques and problem solving activities to effectively implement into unique healthcare programs.