Injury Prevention for Caregivers cover image

Injury Prevention for Caregivers

Reduce injuries, turnover, and costs. This course trains caregivers in safe movement, transfer techniques, and ergonomic practices—helping your team stay strong, healthy, and care-ready every day.

Invest in Safety: Empower Your Caregivers to Stay Injury-Free

Caregiving is physically demanding, and injuries among caregivers can lead to downtime, increased costs, and decreased quality of care. This course is designed to equip your caregiving team with essential skills to stay safe and effective while reducing the risk of common workplace injuries. With a focus on practical solutions, your caregivers will learn how to protect themselves and provide the best possible care to your clients.

The course covers vital topics, including the importance of injury prevention, proper body mechanics, and identifying high-risk movements in daily tasks. Caregivers will also master safe techniques for patient transfers and repositioning, the correct use of assistive devices, and strategies for collaborating during patient handling. To ensure long-term benefits, they’ll create a personal injury prevention plan to maintain their health and productivity. By enrolling your caregivers, you’re investing in their well-being and your organization’s success. Preventing injuries reduces turnover, minimizes downtime, and boosts caregiver satisfaction, all while ensuring consistent, high-quality care for your clients. Empower your team with the tools to stay safe, confident, and effective every day. 

Course Goals
✅ Teach safe lifting and transfer techniques.
✅ Identify and avoid high-risk movements.
✅ Use assistive devices effectively.
✅ Improve teamwork for two-person transfers.
✅ Develop personal injury prevention plans.

Course Objectives
By the end of this course,  learners  will be able to:    
✅ Lift and transfer patients safely.
✅ Recognize and avoid risky movements.
✅ Use assistive devices with confidence.
✅ Work effectively in transfer teams.
✅ Create and follow injury prevention plans.

Course Outline

Lesson 1:  Awareness is Key
Lesson 2:  Lift Smart, Not Hard
Lesson 3: Spotting High-Risk Movements
Lesson 4: Safe Patient Transfers
Lesson 5: Using Assistive Devices for patient mobility
Lesson 6: Collaborating for Two-Person Transfers
Lesson 7: Implementing a personal injury prevention plan

What's in this course

Learning Level : Beginner
Duration: 35 minutes
Format : SMS
Quizzes: 7
Lessons: 7
Certificate: Digital Certificate of Completion

This course is brought to you by:

brass_logo_verti_primary