If you’re wanting a long and rewarding career in health care, it is critical that you learn how to look after your physical health so that your body can hold up as long as your passion for helping others.

In this episode of the Changing Lives Podcast, we talk with Senior Physiotherapist, Erin Moss about how paramedics, health care professionals and emergency workers can protect themselves and their patients, from physical injury and get the most out of their career.

In 2012 Erin attained a Bachelor of Exercise Science and Bachelor of Physiotherapy with Honours. Her Honours research focused on identifying risk factors for musculoskeletal injury in athletes.

Erin is now managing partner at Allsports Physiotherapy, located just around the corner from Gold Coast’s largest hospital and emergency department. As a consequence, Erin sees a large number of health care workers and has unique insight into the risk factors for injury of those working in the industry.

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Erin passion for health care and supporting health care workers
  
  


• Common injures for health care workers
  
  


• The leading risk factors for injury in this industry
  
  


• Common manual handling tasks that can lead to injury
  
  


• The best simple exercises you can start doing today without equipment that will minimize your risk of injury and support a long healthy career
  
  


• How best to attend to patients with physical injury to support recovery
  
  

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This episode was brought to you by the Australian Paramedical College - a leading provider of Emergency Health Care training.



Paramedic Pathways - Australian Paramedical College (apcollege.edu.au)