Floor To Chair Transfer Device

With a little help from a standing aid standing becomes much easier.

Floor to chair transfer device. Something like a couch can be used as a middle support device to allow you to easily transfer from the floor to the chair. Floor transfer instructions page 2 7. If getting out of bed or out of a chair isn t as easy as it used to be then one of our standing aids may be all the help you need. This video explains how i transfer from my wheelchair to the floor and back up.

Work to get a knee up with the foot flat 8. Hold onto the chair at all times. These patient transfer devices are long and of full body length and bridge the gap between surfaces during transfer for example from wheelchair or stretcher to bed. A pivot transfer disc like the safetysure pivot disc is a useful device when you re strong enough to stand but unable to pivot to the side to perform the transfer.

Carefully begin to turn in order to sit on the chair. It weighs just 8 lbs but can lift up to 980 lbs. Patient lifts are medical devices used to comfortably move paralyzed or mostly dependent patients from place to place with minimal strain placed on the caregiver. Use an assistive transfer device such as a standing aid or patient turner to move the patient from a sitting position to a standing one which can then be mobilized to transport the patient to another room and will help them safely lower themselves onto a chair wheelchair sofa or toilet along with helping them get in and out of a car.

Raise onto knees by propping hands on chair. Standing aids provide support during the sit to stand transfer. When you first attempt a transfer from the floor the wheelchair seat it is easier if you use other things for support in between the floor and the chair. With a transfer disc in place on the floor a caregiver helps the seated patient place their feet on the disc then provides support as he or she stands on it.

Supine to sit transfer. Push up to get both feet on the floor. Paralyzed from the armpits down. Safety if two assist is needed one can handle legs the other can handle trunk gather necessary equipment priorto sitting up gait belt non slip socks walker etc lower bed once pt is sitting so that pt s feet contact floor keep 1 hand on the pt once in sitting.

Transfer boards have convenient hand holes for steady grasp on the board and some transfer boards have a non skid pad on the bottom to increase stability. The airline transfer chair from columbia medical is another example of evacuation equipment that allows for smooth transfer of a person into and out of an aircraft. I am a t1 complete paraplegic. It is ideal for use during an aviation.

This evacuation and floor recovery device is suitable as a bariatric lift assist device.