A Therapist's Guide to Bariatric Manual Handling
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A Therapist's Guide to Bariatric Manual Handling

Fri, Mar 8th, 2024
9:00am – 12:10pm US Eastern Time
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About the Event

Obesity is all too common in the U.S. A survey conducted by the CDC in 2018 revealed the prevalence of obesity increased from 30.5% to 42.4% from 1999–2018. During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2%.

Healthcare workers experience one of the highest rates of musculoskeletal disorders worldwide, with 46% of nursing assistants reporting hurting themselves while lifting, moving, or helping a patient, and 40% were back injuries. This includes the staff working in hospitals, nursing homes, and emergency services who are required to handle and move bariatric patients.

Common manual handling tasks include lifting, turning, repositioning patients, bathing patients, standing or transferring patients, and changing dressings. When the patient’s weight is unevenly distributed, or the patient is uncooperative or loses their balance, conventional manual handling practices can easily result in injury to the clinician.

This course addresses different manual handling techniques, considerations, and safety for patient transfers for everyone involved. This aids in staff retention, reduces workplace injuries and prolongs a clinician’s career in their chosen field of healthcare.

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This live online event will be held as a Zoom Webinar. Attendees will have the option to interact through features such as the Chat and Q&A, but cameras and microphones will not be enabled.

Live Event Instructors

Rina Pandya, PT, DPT, FHEA, PGLTHE

Rina Pandya, PT, DPT, FHEA, PGLTHE

Dr. Pandya is an MSK senior lecturer and Fellow, at the University of West England, Bristol, UK involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Dr. Pandya’s physical therapy career spans over 25 years, through the UK, the USA and the Middle East. She has worked in Nationalized Healthcare Services, American health care and self pay services in acute care, in-patient rehab, skilled nursing facility, home healthcare and outpatient clinic. In addition to being a clinician she has developed specialty programs based on evidence-based practice in her role as a project manager. She has also managed the Physical Therapy department in the capacity of Head of Department in a premier private hospital in Oman. Rina is an internationally published webinar presenter.

Dr. Pandya graduated from Manipal University, India in 2000 as well as University of Michigan, in 2018 with a Doctor of Physical Therapy. Rina conducts live webinars and is part of the continuing professional development teaching community with courses published in the UK, US, South Africa, Ireland and Australia. Rina is a member of APTA, HCPC-UK and OAP-Oman.

Rina Pandya

Rina Pandya

Dr. Pandya is an MSK senior lecturer and Fellow, at the University of West England, Bristol, UK involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Dr. Pandya’s physical therapy career spans over 25 years, through the UK, the USA and the Middle East. She has worked in Nationalized Healthcare Services, American health care and self pay services in acute care, in-patient rehab, skilled nursing facility, home healthcare and outpatient clinic. In addition to being a clinician she has developed specialty programs based on evidence-based practice in her role as a project manager. She has also managed the Physical Therapy department in the capacity of Head of Department in a premier private hospital in Oman. Rina is an internationally published webinar presenter.

Dr. Pandya graduated from Manipal University, India in 2000 as well as University of Michigan, in 2018 with a Doctor of Physical Therapy. Rina conducts live webinars and is part of the continuing professional development teaching community with courses published in the UK, US, South Africa, Ireland and Australia. Rina is a member of APTA, HCPC-UK and OAP-Oman.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, and Nurses. (PT, PTA, OT, COTA, RN)

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Identify risks, environment assessment and patient assessment tools.
  2. 2 Apply bariatric handling algorithms to everyday transfers.
  3. 3 Determine best transfer techniques and options.
  4. 4 Differentiate between safe and unsafe transfers to both the staff and the patient.

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Corbyn, C., & Rush, A. (2010). Challenges of wound management in bariatric patients. Wounds UK, 6(4), 62-71.

Gallagher, S. (2004). Panniculectomy: more than a tummy tuck. Nursing2020, 34(12), 48-50.

Garzillo, E. M., Monaco, M. G. L., Corvino, A. R., D’Ancicco, F., Feola, D., Della Ventura, D., ... & Lamberti, M. (2020). Healthcare workers and manual patient handling: A pilot study for interdisciplinary training. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(14), 4971.

Gomez-Peralta, F., Abreu, C., Cruz-Bravo, M., Alcarria, E., Gutierrez-Buey, G., Krakauer, N. Y., & Krakauer, J. C. (2018). Relationship between “a body shape index (ABSI)” and body composition in obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetology & metabolic syndrome, 10(1), 1-8.

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Hwang, J., Kuppam, V. A., Chodraju, S. S. R., Chen, J., & Kim, J. H. (2019). Commercially available friction-reducing patient-transfer devices reduce biomechanical stresses on caregivers’ upper extremities and low back. Human factors, 61(7), 1125-1140.

Jones, D., Martinez-Amezcua, P., & Pandian, V. (2020). Utilization of Resources by Patients Who Are Morbid and Super Obese Admitted to a Tertiary Care Center. Journal of patient safety, 16(2), 143-148.

McClean, K., Cross, M., & Reed, S. (2021). Risks to healthcare organizations and staff who manage obese (Bariatric) patients and use of obesity data to mitigate risks: a Literature Review. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 14, 577.

Muir, M., & Archer-Heese, G. (2009). Essentials of a bariatric patient handling program. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 14(1), 5.

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Event Agenda

Agenda times are listed in US Eastern Time. That is 3 hours later than US Pacific Time. The event starts at 6:00am US Pacific Time.

9:00 am - 10:30 am: Introduction, risk, assessments, patient tools and bariatric handling algorithms 10:30 am - 10:40 am: 10 min break 10:40 am - 12:00 pm: Transfer techniques, staff/patient transfer differentiation 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm: Q&A, conclusion

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