| Document ID (ISN) | 105418 |
| CIS number |
06-953 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0034-8732 - Prevención |
| Year |
2005 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Author(s) |
Cara Arenas Ó., Robles Martínez Y. |
| Title |
Moving patients in hospitals |
| Original title |
Traslado de pacientes en recintos hospitalarios [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct.-Dec. 2005, No.174, p.38-49. Illus. |
| Abstract |
This article describes methods for the safe movement of hospital patients. Topics covered include the job of stretcher-bearer and safe methods of patient transfer within hospital premises; relations between patient and stretcher-bearer; legal, moral and ethical responsibilities; various types of displacement (on foot, in wheelchairs, on stretchers or on beds) and advice for improving patient comfort and easing stretcher-bearer manoeuvres. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
materials handling; health care personnel; hospitals; transport of persons |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
human relations; physical workload; responsibilities; ethics; safe working methods |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Spain |
| Subject(s) |
Materials handling and storage
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Mechanical hazards, transport
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Ethical issues
Health care services
|
