Stretcher Course
What will I learn?
Improve your healthcare skills with our comprehensive Stretcher Training Programme, designed for healthcare workers looking to become experts in safe and effective patient transport using a stretcher. You'll learn good techniques that consider body posture to avoid injuries, safety rules, and ways to make patients feel comfortable. You'll also develop the skills to create good training materials and visual aids for teaching others. Plus, you'll learn how to check understanding with practical checklists and quizzes. This top-quality, hands-on training ensures you have all the important skills needed for excellent stretcher handling in a Namibian healthcare setting.
Develop skills
Enhance the growth of the practical skills listed below
Master good body posture techniques for safe patient transport, reducing strain and injury.
Develop effective training materials for other healthcare staff on proper stretcher use.
Make sure patients are comfortable during transport by talking to them and adjusting the equipment.
Put safety rules in place to reduce risks when using stretchers.
Look at the results of assessments to find ways to improve healthcare practices related to stretcher use.
Suggested summary
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours
Before starting, you can modify the chapters and the workload.
- Select which chapter to commence with
- Add or remove chapters
- Increase or decrease the course workload
Examples of chapters you can include
You’ll be able to generate additional chapters similar to the examples below
This is a free course focused on personal and professional growth. It does not equate to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate qualification, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.