Because now families prefer to take care of their loved ones while they are in the hospital, it is only proper that one or certain family members should learn how to handle the sick so that there will be no aggravation of injury while the doctor or nurse is not present. Moving people who are in the hospital require a lot of attention and care because not only injured person can be in danger of having another injury but also sick person can have injury when he or she is improperly assisted.

People who are too sick to move or cannot move a part of their bodies should always be assisted when they are required to do bodily functions such as going to the comfort room, sitting to the wheelchair, taking a bath in bed, changing clothes or transferred to other beds. In this manner, moving people should always be done how nurses or caregivers do to their patients. Elder and disabled people are prone to hospital accidents and this happens because family members who are trying to help them move out of their beds fail to secure them properly. So what should we remember when trying to assist sick people in the hospital? The words are “learning it the caregiver’s way” and here are some tips and reminders how you should do’s and not to do’s.

1. Injured people, especially the old ones are prone to fractures so be careful when carrying them problems.

2. Moving people requires that your feet should be wide apart much like the distance of our shoulders. Keep your body in balance while lifting the body of the person to sit. While your face is toward the patient, tell him to place his hands on your shoulders for extra support. If he cannot move his hands, give him an embrace position and clasp your hands on his back while your other hand supports his neck. Use your legs to pull up his body and sit him on the bed.

3. When shifting a sick person to the wheelchair, you must bring the wheelchair near the bed and secure its wheel. Put the patient in sitting position and put your arm under the person’s legs and gently edge them on the edge of the bed. When his legs are both hanging, you position yourself in front of the person and with your legs lift him up slowly to the wheelchair until he is secured.

4. During bathing or cleaning the sick person’s body, you can turn his body slowly from side to side and wipe the towel on his body where the area is free then turn to the other side.

5. Changing clothes is much easier much like you change the clothes of a baby. Although the body of an adult is heavier, you can turn the body slowly to take out the shirt and support his neck when you take the shirt out of his head.

If you want a more secured method for moving people while in the hospital, you can ask the nurses on how they do it and take note of important reminders they will give you because a sick person can easily recover if he can be assisted with his movements properly.

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