Level 2 Award Safer Moving and Handling People (EPAH) | Page 43

43 Then one handler directs the handlers in the pool to move forwards as they stand up at the same time as the three handlers outside the pool lift the slide sheet and slide the slide sheet with the casualty, fully onto the pool mat. See how in picture 4, the two handlers inside the pool, brace their legs inside the pool as the stand up, to ensure a safe transfer of the casualty. The casualty can then be transferred onto the trolley bed using the slide sheet as shown previously. Now watch the video