About Course
This course provides the essential technical knowledge required for successful patient transport, aligned with the standards and best practices established by the National Association of Healthcare Transport Managers (NAHTM).
Course Content
Introduction to Healthcare Patient Transporter Certificate
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Foreword
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Introduction
What is a Healthcare Transporter responsible for?
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What is a Healthcare Transporter Responsible for?
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How a Healthcare Transporter Fits into the Healthcare Team
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Quick Review
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Typical daily workplace routines for a Healthcare Facility
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Remembering What I just Read
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Important terminology for a Healthcare Transporter to know
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Ethical and legal accountabilities
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Patient rights and confidentiality
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Self-Quiz
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What is a healthcare transporter responsible for exam
What does a Healthcare Transporter do for infection prevention?
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What does a Healthcare Transporter do for Infection Prevention
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The Importance of Infection Prevention
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Remembering the Importance of Infection Control
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Proper hand-hygiene techniques for a Healthcare Transporter
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Self-Quiz on Proper Hand-Hygiene Techniques
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Isolation signs & Procedures, Standard & Transmission-Based Precautions, Contact Precautions, Droplet Precautions, Airborne Precautions, Combination Precautions, Protective Precautions
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Choosing the right PPE, about PPE use
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Test your knowledge of Infection Control Procedures
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What does a healthcare transporter do for infection prevention exam
How and when does a Healthcare Transporter use BLS?
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Training for Performing BLS- Key Terms
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Critical components for providing quality CPR, 4 main parts of CPR
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Sequence for completing a cycle of CPR
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Step by step directions for performing BLS
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One rescuer CPR sequence, two rescuers CPR sequence, Advance airway In use sequence
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Differences in CPR for children or infants, Using rescue breathing
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Using Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
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How to provide relief from choking
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BLS Summary at a glance
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Check your knowledge of BLS exam
What equipment does a Healthcare Transporter use?
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What Equipment Does a Healthcare Transporter Use?
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Parts and operation of transport equipment
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Parts and operation of transport
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Cleaning transport equipment after use
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Cleaning transport equipment after use
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Safe Use and Steering of Transport Equipment
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Remembering how to safely use and operate transport equipment
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Patient bed operation and safety concerns
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Remembering patient bed operation and safety concerns
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Reporting broken or unsafe equipment
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Self-Quiz on reporting broken or unsafe equipment
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What equipment does a healthcare transporter use exam
What does a Healthcare Transporter need to know about transporting patients of different ages?
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What does a Healthcare Transporter Need to Know about Transporting Patients of Different Ages?
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Identifying patients
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Self-Quiz on Identifying Patients
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Transporting geriatric patients
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Self-Quiz on Transporting Geriatric Patients
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Transporting adult patients
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Self-Quiz on transporting Adult Patients
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Transporting adolescent patients
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Self-Quiz on Transporting adolescent patients
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Transporting pediatric patients
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Transporting neonatal patients
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Self-Quiz on transporting neonatal, and pediatric patients
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What does a healthcare transporter need to know about transporting patients of different ages exam
How does a Healthcare Transporter perform safe patient handling and movement strategies?
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How does a Healthcare Transporter Perform Safe Patient Handling and Movement Strategies?
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Safe patient handling and movement (SPHM) strategies
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Lifting an item
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Stand-Pivot transfers
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Two person transfers
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Preparation for lateral or surface-to surface transfers
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Lateral or surface-to-surface transfers
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Transporter safe patient handling and movement check list
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How does a healthcare transporter perform safe patient handling and movement strategies exam
What should a Healthcare Transporter do if… (Part 1)
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What Should a Healthcare Transporter Do if? (Part One)
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Patients with restraints
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Self-Quiz Patients with restraints.
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Patients with oxygen in use
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Self-Quiz Patients with oxygen in use
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Patients with orthopedic/traction
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Patients with telemetry monitor
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Patients with I.V. fluids and pump
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Patients with Excessive / Sensitive Skin
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Sensitive Skin / Self-Quiz
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What should a healthcare transporter do if… (Part 1) exam
What should a healthcare transporter do if… (Part 2)
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What Should a Healthcare Transporter Do If…? (Part Two)
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Patients with a PCA pump
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Patients with a chest tube
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Patients with PCA pumps or a chest tube
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Patients with a naso-gastric tube
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Patients with a Foley catheter
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Patients with foley catheter, or gastric tube
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Patients going to MRI
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Patients from Cardiac Cath
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Self-Quiz Patients going to MRI, or from Cardiac Cath
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What should a healthcare transporter do if (Part 2) Exam
How should a Healthcare Transporter communicate on-the-job?
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How Should a Healthcare Transporter Communicate On the Job?
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Confidentiality – HIPAA and PHI
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Self-Quiz Confidentiality – HIPPAA and PHI
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Communicating with patients
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Communicating with family members/visitors
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Communicating with professional staff
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Communicating with co-workers
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Communicating with the dispatcher
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Self-Quiz Communicating
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How should a healthcare transporter communicate on the job exam
How does a Healthcare Transporter use oxygen equipment?
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How Does a Healthcare Transporter Use Oxygen Equipment?
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Types of oxygen equipment and how they are used
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Self-Quiz Oxygen Equipment and how they are used
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Transferring oxygen administration from a wall unit to a portable unit
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Oxygen safety precautions
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Self-Quiz transferring oxygen, and oxygen safety
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Flow/Pressure/Time Calculations for Transport Oxygen
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A Final Word on Maintaining Oxygen Safety
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How does a healthcare transporter use oxygen equipment exam
Appendix A- Hand-Off Documentation
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Appendix A: Hand-Off Documentation
Appendix B- BE FAST Stroke Recognition and Activation
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Appendix B: BEFAST Stroke Recognition and Activation
Final Exam
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Healthcare Transporter Certificate Exam
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