Moving To/From Chair - Vermeiren Altitude User Manual

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3. Mount the safety harness around the body of the
patient.
4. Cross the harness around the back of the shell chair.
5. Click the buckle of belt  into buckle of belt  to
close.
6. If needed, adjust the safety harness.
The adjustment of the belt shall be done using the plastic adjustment system 
mounted on the belt.
1. Pull the belt through the adjustment system  to lengthen or shorten.
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Moving to/from chair

CAUTION
• In case you cannot perform the transfer in a safe manner, ask someone to assist you.
• Make sure the person in the chair cannot slip out of the body/hip belt. Adjust both belts and tilt
the chair backwards to prevent this.
• The parking brakes should be applied before getting into and out of the shell chair.
• To transfer to or from the chair, first turn the leg/foot rest to vertical position and fold the
footplate(s).
3.3.1 Transfer
1. Make sure that the shell chair is in upright sitting position.
2. Adjust the footrest to the lowest position, so that the footplate(s) touch(es) the ground.
3. If necessary, fold the footplate(s) upwards or remove the footrest.
4. Position the shell chair as close as possible to the person sitting in his/her chair, couch, seat
or bed.
5. Make sure that the chair stands on a flat and level ground.
6. Turn the front swivelling wheels outwards, to the front.
7. Apply the brakes, see §3.1.
8. Open the buckle of the body belt and place it aside. Do the same with the hip belt.
9. Transfer the person to/from the chair with the help of attendant(s) or lifting equipment.
3.3.2 Sitting in the chair
1. Sit down on the seat with the lower back against the backrest.
2. Make sure that the upper legs are horizontal and that the feet are in comfortable position. If
necessary, adjust the seat height (cushion) or footrest, see §3.4 .
3. Close the hip belt and body belt and adjust it as close as possible to the body.
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1. Mount the waist belt around the waist of the patient.
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2. If needed, adjust the waist belt.
Risk of injuries or damage
Altitude, Coraille, Altitude-E, Coraille-E
Click the buckle of belt  into buckle of belt  to
close.
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Using the chair
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