Seated Transfer With Sitting Style Sling/Belts - Vancare Vera-Lift V350 Operating Manual

Seated Transfer with Sitting Style Slings/Belts
This transfer may only be done if the facility has
purchased a VERA-LIFT™ with an extended bolt
(on the mast) and sitting slings.
1) Make sure you understand which sitting sling is to
be used to transfer the patient.
Inspect the VERA-LIFT™ and sling to make
2)
sure they are undamaged and in good working
order.
3) Make sure there is enough room to do the transfer.
Move furniture or other things that may be in the
way. The required number of staff members must
be present.
4) Help the patient to a sitting position, if needed.
a) If the transfer is from the bed, the patient should be sitting on the edge of the bed.
b) If the transfer is to or from a wheelchair, remove the wheelchair foot pedals.
5) Place the sitting sling behind the patient with the bottom of the sitting sling
over the patient's coccyx. The top of the sitting sling should be 2 – 3 inches below the
lower edge of the patient's shoulder blades.
6) The patient's arms must be on the outside of the sling.
a) Lift one of the patient's legs and pull the leg support under the leg, making sure not
to twist or fold the leg support.
b) Lay the leg support loops across the patient's thigh.
c) Repeat the above two steps for the patient's other leg. (See Tip for Positioning the
Back Support Back Belt Buttock Strap Under Patients Who Have Extensor Tone or
Who Are More Dependent on page 10)
7) Fasten the inner safety belt snuggly.
8) Lower the lift arms to their lowest position and spread the base of the
VERA-LIFT™ to its widest position. (Spreading the base maximizes the stability of
the lift.)
9) Move the lift in front of the patient and help the patient place his or her feet on the foot
pad with the patient's knees against kneepad. (The height of the foot pad can be raised
by positioning it on the upper mast pegs for VERA-LIFT™ models without scales.)
10) Lock the caster brakes.
Connect the sitting sling to the VERA-LIFT™ snuggly:
11)
a) Connect the leg support loops to the extended bolt on the mast using the same loop
on both of the leg supports.
April 2013
November 2017
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