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Hold patients to ensure proper positioning or safety

Physical care and clinical work need trained hands, close observation and a person who is accountable at the bedside or chairside.

Part of Assist healthcare practitioners during medical procedures, under the O*NET work activity group Assisting and Caring for Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 8 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Hold or restrain animals during veterinary procedures.Stays human Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers
• Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.Stays human Physical Therapist Assistants
• Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.Stays human Physical Therapist Aides
• Restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury.Stays human Psychiatric Aides
• Restrain patients to prevent violence or injury or to assist physicians or nurses to administer treatments.Stays human Orderlies
• Position or hold patients in position for surgical preparation.Stays human Orderlies
• Restrain or shackle violent patients.Stays human Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians
• Position or hold patients in position for surgical preparation.Stays human Nursing Assistants