{"id":2236,"date":"2026-10-19T10:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:49:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:49:54","slug":"refresher-course-in-patient-handling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/refresher-course-in-patient-handling\/","title":{"rendered":"Refresher Course in Patient Handling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Our time in Lourdes is always a deeply special part of the year, a moment to connect, share experiences and come together to help those in need. Social media speaks volumes about the time we spent together.<div class=\"ffs-sep\" id=\"ffs-sep-6\" style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #ebebeb;  height:10px; \"><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">This year, <strong>Krista Firman<\/strong> kindly gave her time to support volunteers by delivering a refresher course in patient handling. The session took place on Monday 27th April, just ahead of everyone\u2019s departure to Lourdes.<div class=\"ffs-sep\" id=\"ffs-sep-79\" style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #ebebeb;  height:10px; \"><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Krista highlighted the importance of bed mobility, including how to safely assist a patient from a lying position to sitting on the edge of the bed. She also demonstrated effective techniques for transfers from bed to chair, wheelchair and commode, while emphasising essential safety precautions throughout.<div class=\"ffs-sep\" id=\"ffs-sep-82\" style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #ebebeb;  height:10px; \"><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Our Pilgrimage to Lourdes brought together another wonderful experience for patients and pilgrims alike.<div class=\"ffs-sep\" id=\"ffs-sep-40\" style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #ebebeb;  height:10px; \"><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/690642406_1402718698558778_728160711585973804_n.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2240\" src=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/690642406_1402718698558778_728160711585973804_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/690642406_1402718698558778_728160711585973804_n.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/690642406_1402718698558778_728160711585973804_n-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"ffs-sep\" id=\"ffs-sep-64\" style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #ebebeb;  height:10px; \"><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div> <a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/690646434_1402718771892104_6870187903277745389_n.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2241\" src=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/690646434_1402718771892104_6870187903277745389_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/690285562_1402718681892113_1816867530439618373_n.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><div class=\"ffs-sep\" id=\"ffs-sep-50\" style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #ebebeb;  height:10px; \"><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2239\" src=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/690285562_1402718681892113_1816867530439618373_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"ffs-sep\" id=\"ffs-sep-37\" style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #ebebeb;  height:10px; \"><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div> <a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/690240771_1402718768558771_8006351329055979314_n.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2238\" src=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/690240771_1402718768558771_8006351329055979314_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"ffs-sep\" id=\"ffs-sep-35\" style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #ebebeb;  height:10px; \"><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our time in Lourdes is always a deeply special part of the year, a moment to connect, share experiences and come together to help those in need. Social media speaks volumes about the time we spent together. This year, Krista Firman kindly gave her time to support volunteers by delivering a refresher course in patient [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_formats":[],"guten_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/689789101_1402718688558779_6528285964577555998_n.jpg",640,360,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/689789101_1402718688558779_6528285964577555998_n-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/689789101_1402718688558779_6528285964577555998_n.jpg",640,360,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/689789101_1402718688558779_6528285964577555998_n.jpg",640,360,false],"large":["https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/689789101_1402718688558779_6528285964577555998_n.jpg",640,360,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2236"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2304,"href":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236\/revisions\/2304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2236"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/voto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=2236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}