Training Title:
Direct Support: Risk Management and Safety v.2

Clock Hours: 1

Objectives:
At the completion of this course, you should be able to: • Identify and assess risks • Explain the DSP’s role during an emergency • Recall basic tips for preventing poisoning, drowning, and falling • Describe how to prepare, prevent, and respond to a fire • Identify the guidelines for safe wheelchair transfers

Description:
This course provides an overview of identifying risks to minimize harm to individuals; the DSP’s role during an emergency; tips for preventing poisoning, drowning, and falling; fire preparation using smoke alarms, emergency plans, and fire drills; responding to a fire using the acronyms R.A.C.E. and P.A.S.S.; and wheelchair safety and transfers. Keywords: Direct Support, Direct Care, Developmental Disabilities, Risk Management, Safety, Emergencies, Fires, Fall, Transfers and Positioning

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