Teach evacuation sledge and mat awareness with this editable Care Ready Solutions training pack for workplace trainers, health and social care educators and FE vocational tutors. Understanding progressive horizontal evacuation and the safe use of evacuation sledges and mats for people who cannot walk.

Five files included

• 10-slide Evacuation Sledge and Mat Awareness course
• 14-slide Trainer’s Edition with speaker notes, teaching points, questions and model answers
• 7-page learner workbook with activities, knowledge check, reflection and learner declaration
• Extra 42-page Teacher and Trainer Toolkit
• Separate editable certificate of completion template

All five files are editable PowerPoint (.pptx) resources, so you can add your own logo, local procedures and examples. The toolkit is a generic set of blank forms to customise for session planning, attendance, assessment, feedback and learner records; it is not 42 pages of topic-specific lessons. The certificate records completion; it does not confer accreditation.

Topics covered

About This Course; Evacuation in Care Settings; Progressive Horizontal Evacuation; Types of Equipment; Principles of Safe Use; Communication and Dignity; Readiness and Drills.

How to use it

Deliver it as a stand-alone session, as part of staff induction, or as a refresher in a team meeting. The Trainer’s Edition gives model responses for every question, and completed workbooks give you written evidence of learning for audits and inspections.

Suitable use

Health and social care teaching, vocational and FE courses, staff induction and awareness refreshers. Age not applicable. PowerPoint or compatible software is required. Digital teaching resources only; no delivered training or physical products.

This is awareness learning only. Practical competence requires hands-on training, supervision and assessment by a competent person, and staff must follow their employer’s risk assessments, safe systems of work and current legislation.