Support User Manuals

Invacare GET-U-UP LIFT Mobility Aid User Manual

Open as PDF

of 32

TRANSFERRING THE PATIENT

Part No. 1148115 23 Get-U-Up

™

Lift

Transferring to a Bed

NOTE:Forthisprocedure,refertoFIGURE 5.3.

NOTE:Thelowercenterofgravityprovidesstabilitymakingthepatientfeelmoresecureandthe

lifteasiertomove.

NOTE:Theliftarmswillstayinpositionuntillowered.

1. Positionthepatientasfaroverthebedaspossible.

NOTE:Ifpatientisbeingtransferredfromasurfacethatislowerthanthebed,raisethepatient

abovethesurfaceofthebed.Thepatientshouldbeelevatedjusthighenoughtoclearthebedwith

theirweightfullysupportedbythelift.

2. Lowerthepatientontothebed.

3. Unhooktheslingfromallattachmentpoints

onthelift.

4. Instructthepatienttolifttheirfeetoffofthefootplate.Assistthepatientifnecessary.

5. Removethestandingortransportslingfromaroundthepatient.

6. Pulltheliftawayfromthebed.

FIGURE 5.3 Transferring the Patient to a Bed

DETAIL “B” - UNHOOKING

THE SLING

DETAIL “A” - LOWERING THE

PATIENT

previous next