3: Safe Patient Handling, Positioning, and Transfers Last updated Save as PDF Page ID 9973 Glynda Rees Doyle and Jodie Anita McCutcheon British Columbia Institute of Technology via BCcampus 3.1: Introduction 3.2: Body Mechanics 3.3: Patient Risk Assessment 3.4: Immobility and Assisting Patients 3.5: Positioning Patients in Bed 3.6: Assisting a Patient to a Sitting Position and Ambulation 3.7: Patient Transfers 3.8: Fall Prevention 3.9: Summary