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Body Mechanics
The safest and most efficient methods of using your body to gain a mechanical advantage.
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Lordosis
The stomach is too anterior and the buttocks are too posterior, causing excessive stress on the lumbar region of the back.
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Kyphosis
The shoulders are rolled forward, which results in fatigue of the lower back and increases pressure on every region of the spine.
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Power Lift
The technique that offers you the best defense against injury and protects the patient with a safe and stable move.
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Emergency Move
Should be performed when there is immediate danger to the patient or to the rescuer.
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Urgent Move
Performed when the patient is suffering an immediate threat to life and the patient must be moved quickly and transported for care.
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Nonurgent Move
One in which no immediate threat to life exists and the patient can be moved in normal manner.
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Bariatric Devices
Designed to hold patients up to 1,600 pounds.
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