Safer Lifting for Patient Care

By Margaret Hollis

Book Overview

This is the third edition of this successful compendium of patient-handling techniques, both manual and mechanical. The text is designed for individuals or teams of lifters in caring for the sick and disabled. Fully illustrated methods of lifting follow a preliminary explanation of the basic rules and biomechanics. The aim is to ensure safer, more comfortable lifting of patients and to avoid back injuries to the lifters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0632028920
• ISBN13: 9780632028924
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 10.0" x 8.0"