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Moving & Handling Newsletter
Issue 2-1
Welcome to the first edition of the second volume of this moving and handling newsletter. This issue has rather unintentionally focused on patient’s (4 in all) who have died as a result of incorrect or inappropriate moving and handling. As usual the stories come from around the globe.
To continue, select any of the stories to the right of this introduction. When you are ready to move on, you will see a continue button in the top right of each story. Click this and you will be returned to this page.
Next months newsletter looks like it is going to be a special edition relating to obesity, so if this is your field, keep a look out one month from now.
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Gavin Wright
News from the world of moving and handling
Patient killed when falling from hoist
- England
Patient dies after a fall - Eire
Patient dies after fall from bed - England
Sent to jail for death caused by fall - USA
Man falls down stairs in wheelchair - USA
Oxford disposable slings withdrawn - Worldwide
Arrested for drink-driving a wheelchair - Australia
What time do most falls happen - USA
Bomb found in Nursing Home - India
Theracare leg lifter - UK & worldwide
Wallets can be a pain in the **** - USA
Guide to the Handling of People 5th Edition - UK
Caption competition - Worldwide
Search this site - Worldwide