Consequences of unsafe patient handling may be hazardous
Medical revolution has increased the life expectancy of humans . Presently people are more health conscious and follow health guidelines recommended by medical practitioners with the spurt of advancement in scientific researches. Today people are more confident about health conditions and relax if they experience serious diseases because there are treatments available for even severe illnesses. With the exponential growth of medical experiments and availability of treatment for deadly diseases, there are several challenges in the realm of health management. One such issue is unsafe handling of patients after treatment of critical operations or diseases. Sometimes para medical staff unknowingly ignore the patient and do not adopt appropriate techniques while lifting, transferring, repositioning and moving patients or handling equipment. Such carelessness at the end of nurses or other staff may have serious health issues such as musculoskeletal injury like chronic back pain. patient ...