How to Safely Transport a Client
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Course Summary
Medical problems and/or physical limitations can and often do restrict a client’s ability to move around and walk. Transporting clients is a primary responsibility of the Certified Nursing Assistant and other Health Aides. Transporting a client can be required when providing personal care, as a preventive technique to avoid development of pressure ulcers, to change linen when someone cannot get out of bed, or to help a client move from a bed to a wheelchair/chair or to return to bed. These situations are a common part of the day-to-day practice of the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) who requires considerable skill, practice and knowledge of special techniques when transporting clients in any situation, whether a considerable distance, move from bed to a chair or change positions.
Course Format
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Course Syllabus
- Introduction
- Transporting Clients
- Basic Principles
- Client Falls
- Transporting Clients
- Techniques for Specific Situations
- Assisting a Client Who is Using a Cane, Crutches, or a Walker
- Assisting a Client to a Sitting Position
- Helping a Client to Ambulate
- Helping a Client to Stand Up
Learning Objectives
- Describe how one would evaluate a client’s capabilities prior to transporting the client.
- Identify the principles that should be used and followed when helping a client to ambulate.
- Identify suggested techniques when transporting clients in any situation.