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Healthcare Professional Safety
Body Mechanics
2.01 Understand safety procedures
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Healthcare Professional Safety
Body Mechanics The efficient movement and balance
of the body
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Healthcare Professional Safety
Body Mechanics
Reasons for use:Best use of muscles
Makes lifting, pulling, and pushing easier
Prevents unnecessary fatigue and strain
Saves energy
Prevents injury
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Healthcare Professional Safety
Body Mechanics
1- Maintain a broad base of support
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Healthcare Professional Safety
Body Mechanics
2- Bend at the hips and knees;
get close to the person or object
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Body Mechanics
3- Use the strongest muscles
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Body Mechanics
4- Use your body weight to help push
or pull
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Body Mechanics
5- Carry heavy objects close to the body
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6- Avoid twisting the body
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Healthcare Professional Safety
Body Mechanics7- Avoid bending for extended periods
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Body Mechanics
8- Get help if the person or object is too heavy for you to lift
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Healthcare Professional SafetyBody Mechanics Rules:
1 Maintain a broad base of support
2 Bend at the hips and knees to get close to the person or object
3 Use the strongest muscles
4 Use your body weight to help push, or pull
5 Carry heavy objects close to the body
6 Avoid twisting the body7 Avoid bending for
extended periods8 Get help if the person
or object is too heavy for you to lift
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