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TRANSFERRING THE PATIENT

Part No. 1148115 21 Get-U-Up

™

Lift

Moving the Patient to a Commode

NOTE:Forthisprocedure,refertoFIGURE 5.1.

1. Raisethepatienthighenoughtoclear

thearmsofthecommodechair.Their

weightwillbesupportedbythelift.

RefertoDetail“A ” .

2. Guidethepatientontothecommode

chair.

3. Lowerthepatientontothecommode

chair.

4. Performoneofthefollowing(referto

Detail“B”or“C”):

•StandingSling‐unhookthe

standingslingfromtheattachment

pointsonthelift.

• TransportSling‐

i. Unhookthetransportslingfrom

thebottomattachmentpointson

thelift.

ii. Liftuponthepatient’slegsand

removethethighsupportsfrom

underneaththepatient.

iii. Ifdesired,unhookthetransport

slingfromthetopattachment

pointsonthelift.

NOTE:Thepatientcanremainintheupper

portionofthetransportslingwhileusingthe

commode.

5. Instructorassistthepatientinlifting

theirfeetoffthefootplate.

6. Removetheslingfromaroundthe

patient.

7. Pulltheliftawayfromthecommode.

8. Whencomplete,

rechecktheslingfor

correctattachments.

9. Toliftthepatientfromthecommode,

refertoLiftingthePatient

startingon

page 17.

FIGURE 5.1 Moving the Patient to a

Commode

DETAIL “A” - POSITIONING PATIENT

DETAIL “B” - UNHOOKING SLING

DETAIL “C” - UNHOOKING SLING AND

STRAPS

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