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The Policies and Procedures are there as guidelines for the staff to use and follow so that we all work in a consistent manner and if we do this and follow them the correct way, then we are all protected by them. They also ensure that equipment/building and environment are kept up to regulation standards and they also protect the service users because they ensure that all care workers are trained correctly, all care workers know their roles and responsibilities to ensure the best standard of care

position least every two hours, and if the person in bed you need some help from your colleagues, so you are will working together as a team. Another example: the person can sit up but cannot get up, so you need to use the hoist. Most the work places provide two people to use the hoist, so you both have to work as a team. Outcome 3 Be able to follow the agreed care plan: 1) Describe why it is important to follow the agreed care plan: * The care plan is personalised. (personal details) *

training. Manual handling equipment, such as sliding sheets, hoists,mobility aids, need to be carried out by people who have had a training to do it. Employers are obliged to provide training in manual handling. Traning it is important to be up to date, for new techniques and equipment. Moving patients without proper training is dangerous for both of us. We will also need training for specific equipment, for example, arjo hoist and oxford hoist is to be used in workplace, no one will be able to operate

limbs are covered with tissue. Putting pressure on an individual’s hand or arm when they are moving from one position to another can cause a bone to fracture. Fractures can also happen if there is an accident with for example equipment like a hoist and this falls onto the individual when moving/positioning them or using the wrong sling size and the individual falls out. COMMENTARY FOR EVIDENCE FOR AC1.1 • Assessment Method: The learner has presented their outline in the form of a table

Unit HSC 2028: Move and position individuals in accordance with their plan of care Task 1: Outline the anatomy and physiology of the human body in relation to the importance of correct moving and positioning of individuals One of the most important parts of the body is the spinal column. It is made up of individual bones called vertebrae. Joints connect all of these individual bones together and ligaments connect to bones to support joints. Not moving an individual correctly can cause stress

least the commonfolk will be safe. For now.” Brunian looked troubled, but nodded. Rosie tugged the loose shoulder of her red dress back into place. It was impractical, but diplomatically necessary. She turned to gaze one last time upon Gathrile as the hoist covered the last stretch

her down the slope in a stretcher. However, this was unsuccessful, so “the El Paso EMS Division contacted the 2/507th Medical Company for a Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic (MAST) helicopter from Fort Sam Houston, Texas. They requested a hoist extraction, [and] the aircraft departed at 19:05 hours” (Monterey SAR, pg 5). The team assured the medic the girl was properly secured, and the flight crew began the lift. About thirty feet up, the basket began to spin. As the crew attempted to re-lower

Making sure that all staffs are aware to the said issue and the plans made. Example: A hoist that has a worn out sling. Risk assessment was it is dangerous and risky to be used a noticed was placed on the hoist saying ‘out of order’ staffs are informed on the handover. 4.4 Analyze how helping others to understand the balance between risk and rights improve practice. Risk assessment and

Diver, Brashear faced difficulties that would have defeated most people. His spirit and determination resulted not only in his overcoming great odds to become a U.S. Navy diver, but also in his surviving the loss of a leg in an accident on the USS Hoist in 1966 - and more amazingly - in his attaining the rank of Master Diver. In the fall, Twentieth Century Fox will release The Diver, the story of Brashear's struggle. Cuba Gooding Jr. stars as Brashear. The film also stars Robert DeNiro as Billy

lengths, diameters and angles, but the tools themselves are cumbersome. Since they would be used in conjunction with the hoist, the need for more operators arises. Besides needing to be guided by a separate operator, the tool must also be balanced properly, therefore use of only one end at a time would prove