11/21/2019 Topic: Patient Transport Task Ideas Noelle Hales

We have an internship in the Lift & Transport Department. We work with a coworker, but we also do some things independently. We do the following duties: Transport and move patients in beds, gurneys, or wheelchairs around the hospital Maneuver medical equipment such as I.V. poles, oxygen tanks, etc. Ensure defibrillator and important medical supplies are taken on each transport call Provide customer service to patients and their families Answer dispatch calls Assign and send employees out for patient transports Assist coworkers with lifting and transferring patients from wheelchair to bed, bed to wheelchair, or wheelchair to wheelchair Assist coworker with operating the lift machines Retrieve and sanitize wheelchairs, beds, gurneys, and other transport equipment that has been left around the hospital.

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