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When using the brakes a great care should be taken to
avoid injury to the hands or
3.0 Loading the wheelchair
There is no single best way to load the wheelchair in a
The kind and level of the patient disability (his/her ability to control
his/her upper body, arm and hand movements),physical strength
(for an old person or a child the operation may result too hard) and
the kind of vehicle that will be used are all
It is clear that all this factors are too many to give a single precise
procedure to fit all cases, therefore this information has to be
taken as general advices.
Perform all car loading activities with extreme care
and only after receiving instruction from specialised
service personnel with our authorised dealers.
If these procedures seem to be unsafe or difficult we
recommend asking an attendant for help.
Never transport in a vehicle an occupant sitted on
the wheelchair as these wheelchairs are not designed
for this kind of use.
If the occupant has to be transported while seated in
the chair you are reminded that the wheelchair in its
standard configuration
fingers.
vehicle.
factors.
is not supplied with
seatbelts. Any safety belts for vehicle transport must
be installed by specialised personnel.
Transport with an attendant
(see fig. 22-23-24-25)
In cases where the physical limitations of the occupant prevent
him/her from moving and loading the wheelchair into the car on
his/her own, the help of an attendant will be required.
The lightness and reducibility of the TEKNA are very important
because they allow the wheelchair to be moved easily even by
those with limited physical strength.
Fig. 22
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