Guides: Allied Health Assistance: Work Health & Safety

eBooks - WHS - Allied Health

How to Organize Yourself: Simple ways to take control, save time and work more efficiently. 6th Edition.(2019) How to Organize Yourself will help you to dramatically improve the way you work. With great tips on how to determine your goals, prioritize your tasks and manage your time, it also includes practical advice on how to: focus on the things that produce results; overcome distractions; build positive work habits; avoid information overload and make effective use of technology. Updated for 2019, this 6th edition now features even more practical exercises, useful templates, and top tips to help you get organized, as well as content on how to deal with the ubiquitous presence of smartphones and adapt to the ever-increasing scope for interruption and procrastination in our 24/7 lives.
Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance. (2016) Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners for its concise and simple approach and excellent illustrations. Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text. Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond. Everything you need to know about Moving and Handling Patients ...at a Glance! From the publishers of the market-leading at a Glance series comes a succinct and visual guide to the topic of moving and handling. Wide-ranging yet easy to read, Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance provides an accessible introduction to the key theoretical underpinnings of moving and handling, including the legal aspects, biomechanics, risk assessment and safe principles of handling. It then explores the practical aspects of handling, supported by clear and straightforward illustrations and photographs. A clear, concise and comprehensive guide to moving and handling patients Superbly illustrated, with full colour photographs throughout Practice-oriented and based on the latest evidence to provide safe and effective patient care Available in a wide-range of digital formats -- perfect for on-the-go study and revision Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance is ideal for nursing students, health care assistants, newly qualified nurses, as well as physiotherapists and occupational therapists. For more information on the complete range of Wiley nursing publishing, please visit: www.wileynursing.com To receive automatic updates on Wiley books and journals, join our email list. Sign up today at www.wiley.com/email All content reviewed by students for students Wiley Health Science books are designed exactly for their intended audience. All of our books are developed in collaboration with students. This means that our books are always published with you, the student, in mind If you would like to be one of our student reviewers, go to www.reviewnursingbooks.com to find out more. This new edition is also available as an e-book. For more details, please see www.wiley.com/buy/9781118853436 or scan this QR code: Moving and Handling Patirnts at a Glance is also available as a digital tetbook. For more details, visit http://bit.ly/MHp1AG
Organise Ideas: Thinking by Hand, Extending the Mind (2021) Over 35 such word-diagrams are: organised into a system to help select the right tool for the job; described for rapid understanding of their strengths; and explained for step-by-step construction.Over 50 teachers each have a double-page spread in which they reveal how they use them in their teaching -- across the full age range and span of subjects. The book demonstrates how to use these word-diagrams most effectively by partnering them with other teaching strategies, such as retrieval practice, writing, speaking and listening, teacher explanations, advance organisers, scaffolding, remote learning and more.
Rush Hour. Don't Stress. just Do One Thing at a Time (2024) there is an anti-stress remedy for every situation. Even if all the demands that come crashing down on us constantly suggest otherwise, there is a simple solution for almost all problems. And that is: Let stress densely, relaxed you can do everything! We give you the best possible help on the topics of career, finance, management, personnel work and life assistance.

Books in the Library - WHS - Allied Health Assistance

Critical conversations for patient safety : an essential guide for healthcare students (2019) Includes communication between health professionals, and critically, the relationship between communication and patient safety"--.
Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance (2016) Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance provides an accessible introduction to the key theoretical underpinnings of moving and handling, including the legal aspects, biomechanics, risk assessment and safe principles of handling
Tabbner's Nursing Care 2 Vol Set (2021) Chapter 8 on work, health and safety

Websites - WHS - Allied Health Assistance

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Equipment for Safe Patient Handling Product Instruction Videos
Healthcare - Colour Code Warning System A recognised standard within healthcare facilities in Australia is the colour coded emergency response system.
Health care and social assistance: Priority industry snapshots (2018) This snapshot provides WHS insights into the industries identified as a priority in the Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012-2022.
Home Care Occupational Health and Safety Compliance kit How to control the most common hazardous tasks in the home care sector.
How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks - Code of Practice This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons who have duties to manage risks to health and safety under the WHS Act and Regulations applying in a jurisdiction.
Manual Handling - Healthcare Australia Training Resource
Manual handling risks associated with the care, treatment and transportation of bariatric (severely obese) patients in Australia (2020) Safe Work Australia - This report provides information on the risks associated with caring for obese and bariatric patients, including: transporting patients moving patients in-home treatment treatment while in hostel/hospital care. Supporting Information model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual task
Manual tasks in healthcare and social assistance (2020) Healthcare and social assistance workers play an important role in assisting others. Workers may be exposed to a range of hazards depending on the services provided, the location of the workplace and the clients being cared for
Model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks - Safe Work Aust. (2020) This model Code of Practice provides guidance on: identifying hazardous manual tasks assessing the risks that may contribute to a musculoskeletal disorder eliminating or minimising those risks. Most jobs involve manual tasks, such as lifting, pushing, pulling or carrying. Manual tasks can be hazardous, so you must assess and manage the risks. Use this model Code if you: are a person who conducts a business or undertaking (PCBU) design, manufacture, import or supply workplace equipment or tools design workplaces where manual tasks are carried out. In this model Code, the word: ‘should’ indicates a recommended course of action, and ‘may’ means an optional course of action. The words ‘must’, ‘requires’ or ‘mandatory’ mean that the courses of action are compulsory.
Safe Patient Handling - ANMF Scroll down to select from other policies and proceedures.
Safe Patient Handling - ANMF Policy (2020) ANMF policy document on what nurses should and shouldn't do
Safety in E-Health
Safety Signs
Worker health and wellbeing in Victorian health services (2023) The Department of Health & Human Services provides a number of resources to ensure public health services have the policies, tools, and guidelines in place to help the health workforce deal with back injury prevention, occupational violence and workplace bullying.
WorkSafe - Dept of Commerce WA
WorkSafe WA - Diseases and Health
WorkSafe WA - Hazardous Chemicals Western Australian Government web page on hazardous substances.

Legislation - WHS - Allied Health Assistance

Safe Work Australia SWA is an Australian government statutory body established in 2008 to develop national policy relating to WHS and workers’ compensation.
Work, Health and Safety Act (2020) - West Australia
Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations (2022) These regulations set the minimum requirements for specific hazards, work and administrative practices in relation to work safety and health.

Online Videos - WHS - Allied Health Assistance

A day in the life of a nurse (2017) Emergency nurse Rebecca Caulfield discusses the work health and safety risks of working in a busy emergency department where new and unexpected challenges are a daily occurrence.
Incivility In Nursing (2018) Incivility in nursing, also known as horizontal violence or nurse bullying, is a real problem.
Infection Control in Healthcare (2021) Introducing infection control policies, this program explains the importance of performing proper hand hygiene, shows how to properly perform the different hand hygiene methods and fingernail care, demonstrates use of personal protective equipment, teaches how to remove personal protective equipment properly, and discusses considerations related to infection control safe practices.
Lifting Safely (2020) Statistics show that care providers in long term care facilities are twice as likely to suffer an on-the-job injury as workers in industry. Adding to the risks is the fact that you are not just lifting items that remain inert as you move them, but human beings, who are often frail. This program shows the body mechanics involved in the process of lifting safely and offers several general rules to keep in mind for any lifting task, particularly tasks involved with assisting residents with their mobility. It presents specific steps one should consider when preparing to do a lift.
Manual Handling for Disability (2017) The trouble with manual handling injuries is that they tend to creep on the victim after years and years of improper practices. This manual handling for disability support workers training program deals with: • The specific laws of managing hazardous manual handling tasks • How to assess and control the risks • How to lift and carry safely
Understanding the financial impacts of mental illness – WA Department of Justice [2024] Explains mental illness and how the public trustee can help with finances that are beyond the illness scope that cause financial hardships. Other videos in the series Financial Elder Abuse COMPASS - Guiding Action on Elder Abuse Financial Elder Abuse Prevention (Video) Financial Elder Abuse - Don't ignore the red flags (Video)
Using Slide Sheets - Manual Handling (2019) In this video we will look at Slide Sheets and how they can be used to aid manual handling activities.
Wearing Personal Protective Equipment in Allied Health (2020) Video for Allied Health professionals which describes how and when to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as presented by Alison McMillan, Australia’s Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer.

Injury Hotspots - an Interactive Tool

Injury Hotspots
This tool provides an industry-wide snapshot of how people get injured at work, pinpointing areas on the body that are most likely to be injured.

Safetyhub WHS Videos

Safetyhub WHS Videos > NMT This link opens in a new window A large collection of workplace health and safety videos in a range of areas and occupations.

Online Journals - Work Health & Safety

ThinkSafe Magazine ThinkSafe is the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety’s flagship online publication for workplace safety and health in Western Australia.
Safety Solutions A quarterly print magazine (and eMag version) features the latest industrial safety products, solutions and application stories, while the weekly eNewsletter features industry news, features and case studies.