Falls prevention and safe patient handling: Assessing risk, moving and transferring patients safely
A ready-made course you customise for your organisation, with a live session deck and two surveys. You only add the 13 details that are specific to your organisation.
- Length
- 35 min
- Lessons
- 6 lessons
- Frequency
- At onboarding, annually
- Last reviewed
- 21 Oct 2026
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Try it: this is one of 20 interactive activities in the course.
What's included
Three pieces that work together
Copy once, get everything. Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck.
Self-paced course
Short lessons with real workplace scenarios, not walls of text.
- 6 lessons, about 35 minutes
- Scenario, tabs, accordion, sorting activity and quizzes
Live session deck
An AhaSlides presentation to run after the course, in person or online.
- 10 slides
- Quiz, poll, word cloud, scale slides
- A closing slide for your contacts
Two surveys
Find out what landed, and whether people use it on the job.
- Post-course feedback, about 2 minutes
- 30-day check-in
- Anonymous by default
- Results feed your next refresher
Learning objectives
At the end of this course, learners can
Each objective and the lesson that covers it.
| ID | Objective | Source | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| TO 306.0 | Achieve ≥ 80% on the final assessment | none | Whole course |
| SO 306.1 | Explain why falls matter and name the main fall risk factors | Examples: NICE NG249; National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards; best practice | Whole course |
| SO 306.2 | Use the local falls risk tool, re-assess at the triggers and plan prevention + your info | Examples: NICE NG249; local falls risk tool | Whole course |
| SO 306.3 | Choose the right handling equipment from a mobility assessment and check it before use + your info | Examples: Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992; LOLER; PUWER; local policy | Whole course |
| SO 306.4 | Describe safe transfer and repositioning technique and protect your own body + your info | Examples: Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992; best practice | Whole course |
| SO 306.5 | Respond to a fall, escalate, document and learn from it + your info | Examples: Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals; local post-fall protocol | Whole course |
Your part: what a template can't do for you
- Your workplace details: fill in the 13 highlighted fields so the course describes your own policies, contacts and locations.
- Records: record completion in your own LMS or record system.
Course outline
6 lessons, about 35 minutes
Minutes per lesson are an estimate, shared out by page count.
1Why falls matter
3 pages
7 min
Why falls matter
3 pages
2Risk assessment and prevention
3 pages
6 min
Risk assessment and prevention
3 pages
3Choosing equipment and moving people safely
3 pages
6 min
Choosing equipment and moving people safely
3 pages
4Grey areas
3 pages
6 min
Grey areas
3 pages
5Speak up, record and learn
3 pages
6 min
Speak up, record and learn
3 pages
6Final assessment
2 pages
4 min
Final assessment
2 pages
Live deck and surveys
10 slides to run live, two surveys to close the loop
Pink slides are interactive. Both surveys are anonymous; pink questions are written for this course.
Post-course feedback: 11 questions, about 2 min
- Overall rating 5 stars
- Relevant, realistic, right length, helpful activities agree/disagree grid
- What was most useful? multi-select
- Confidence before this course, and now 1-5 scale
- How confident are you responding to a fall? 1-5 scale
- Have you changed how you choose equipment? multiple choice
- What barrier, such as equipment or staffing, have you met? short text
- I can say a transfer is unsafe without being pressured to go ahead. 1-5 scale
- One thing we should change or add open text
- Would you recommend this course? NPS
30-day check-in
- Have you used what you learned since the course? multiple choice
- How confident are you today? Compare with day 1 1-5 scale
- Do you know where to find the local falls prevention and patient handling policy? yes / no / not sure
- A moment where the training helped, or where you weren't sure open text
- Which topics should the next refresher focus on? ranking
Results show whether people use the training on the job, not just whether they finished it.
Make it yours
13 fields to fill in, and you're ready
Everything else is done. These are the details only your organisation knows; each one is highlighted inside the course.
- Clinical education contact
{{CLINICAL_EDUCATION_CONTACT}} - Local policy link
{{LOCAL_POLICY_LINK}} - Incident reporting route
{{INCIDENT_REPORTING_ROUTE}} - Escalation route
{{ESCALATION_ROUTE}} - Regulator and standards
{{REGULATOR_AND_STANDARDS}} - LMS or record system
{{LMS_OR_RECORD_SYSTEM}}
Show all 13 fields
- Local falls risk tool
{{LOCAL_FALLS_RISK_TOOL}} - Hoist and equipment policy
{{HOIST_AND_EQUIPMENT_POLICY}} - Post fall protocol
{{POST_FALL_PROTOCOL}} - Survey 1 URL
{{SURVEY_1_URL}} - Survey 2 URL
{{SURVEY_2_URL}} - Course URL
{{COURSE_URL}} - Live session URL
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FAQ
Common questions
Can I run falls prevention and safe patient handling: Assessing risk, moving and transferring patients safely training online?
Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.
How often is this training needed?
At onboarding, annually, and after a falls review or new equipment.
Who needs this training?
Registered nurses, healthcare assistants and care staff on hospital wards and in care homes, including new starters and staff revalidating annually; run by the nurse educator or clinical education lead, with the moving and handling lead.
What records should I keep?
Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.
Can I edit the content?
Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.
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Ready to run it?
Open the live deck to see how the session runs alongside the course and both surveys.