This is called "Hurt the therapist transfer." Tactile cues may also be very important to use. The patient may not be able to hear you when you r in a headlock.
As a student pta, this scares me...her back is rounded the entire time, the patient cannot see where their going because her head is consistently on the wrong side, and she placed the patients arm around her neck when it should have been placed within the gait belt....I stopped the video half way through because it frustrated me...
I'm also a spta and I was shocked to see her back position. I also have never seen someone put the patient's arm around their neck.. looks very uncomfortable. I think hugging the patient is better.
There are some people criticizing too much here. I have seen a lot of transfers WORST than this one. All you have to do is be careful with the patient safety and your own. Proper BOS, COG, Etc. I would do some things different, but in general, It wasn't that bad.
Good video except the 3:15 mark for dependent transfer. We have been taught in school never to let the patient grab your neck or shoulder in this scenario. Plus, she's completely horizontal and twisting with the patient (which was just covered at 2:50 or so). Wish there was more video on actual bed mobility exercises. Have yet to find one.
She placed the arm that way because the arm was entirely flaccid. Obviously no therapist is going to place the arm around their neck if the patient has any strength in it.
