Transferring The Patient; Rolling The Chair; Figure 20 - Patient Secured In Chair With Restraints; Figure 21 - Rolling The Chair - Ferno EZ Glide 59-T Series User Manual

59, 59-T EZ Glide®

6.3 Transferring the Patient

Always assist the patient onto and off from the chair.
ASSISTING THE PATIENT ONTO THE CHAIR
1. Unfold the chair and verify that it is locked.
2. Engage the locks on the rear wheels.
3. Make sure the footrest is in the storage position.
4. Assist the patient onto the chair using accepted
practices and following local protocols.
5. Fasten and adjust the torso and lap restraints.
6. Lower the footrest and place the patient's feet on it.
7. Fasten and adjust the ankle restraint (Figure 20).
ASSISTING THE PATIENT OFF FROM THE CHAIR
1. Unfasten the ankle restraint.
2. Raise the footrest to the storage position.
3. Unfasten the torso and lap restraints.
4. Assist the patient off from the chair using accepted
practices and following local protocols.

6.4 Rolling the Chair

GENERAL GUIDELINES
Roll the chair on smooth, flat surfaces whenever
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possible (Figure 21).
For patient comfort, pull the chair backward over low
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obstacles such as door sills.
Use the extending lift bar and telescoping foot-end
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handles to lift and carry the Model 59 chair over curbs,
obstacles, rough surfaces and rough terrain.
Use the tracks on the Model 59-T chair to "glide" the
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chair down over curbs or single steps (Figure 22).
TO ROLL THE CHAIR
1. Head-End Operator:
2. Head-End Operator:
comfortable height and grasp it to push and guide the
chair on all four wheels (Figure 21), or tilt the chair
back and roll it on its rear wheels.
3. Foot-End Operator:
needed and attend the patient.
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Release the wheel locks.
Adjust the lift bar to a
Assist the head-end operator as
Figure 20 - Patient
Secured in Chair
with Restraints

Figure 22 - Gliding the Chair Down a Curb

Using the Chair
Figure 21 - Rolling
the Chair
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