Safety: General Warnings - Sunrise Medical SEDEO PRO Instructions For Use Manual

2.3 Safety: General warnings

DANGER!
• Always ensure that you are able to operate all controls
from a comfortable position. Paying attention to your
posture is essential to ensure your continued comfort
and well being.
• Always make sure that you can be seen clearly. Use the
lights, especially if you intend using your seating system
in poor light.
• This seating system has been set up to match the needs
of a particular user. If used by another user then it may
need to be adjusted.
• Do not let children or others use your seating system.
• Avoid spilling liquids on to the controller or its
connections. Especially hot, sticky, sugary or corrosive
liquids. Such contamination may compromise the safe
operation of the control system and damage the seating
system upholstery.
WARNING!
DO NOT use any wheelchair that has been involved in a motor
vehicle accident. A sudden stop and/or collision may
structurally damage your wheelchair. There may have been a
change to the structure of the chair, and/or damaged or
broken some of the components. Wheelchairs involved in
sudden stops should be inspected for possible failures in
frame and/or components. Frame damage may be
represented by but not limited to: visual cracks, dents, metal
distortion, bends, or damage to the seating mounting. If the
chair no longer drives straight, it could be damaged. If the
wheelchair has been involved in an accident, discontinue use
immediately and contact your authorized dealer for a
thorough inspection. If damage is questionable or if there is
concern regarding the condition of the chair, Sunrise Medical
recommends replacement of the chair.
Wheelchairs involved in collisions should be replaced.
NOTE- The warranty is void on any wheelchair that is
involved in a collision.
2.3.1 User and Attendants
DANGER!
1. When transferring the user in or out of the seating
system, never use the footplate as a platform.
2.
When transferring the user in or out of the seating
system, never use the armrest as a means of support.
Do not lift this seating system by any parts that are
3.
removable, doing so may result in damage to the
seating system or injury to the user.
4.
Never try to stop or slow this seating system with the
wheel locks (if applicable). Wheel locks are designed to
prevent the system from moving when stopped. They
are not brakes.
5. Always keep your hands and body parts clear of moving
parts to help prevent injuries.
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2.3.2 User
DANGER!
Every seating system is different.
1.
Take the time to learn the feel of this system before
2.
you begin riding.
3. Be aware that you must develop your own methods for
the safe use of this system that are best suited to your
level of function and ability.
4. Have someone help you practice bending, reaching and
transferring until you learn how to do them safely.
Never try a new maneuver on your own unless you are
5.
sure it is safe.
Get to know the areas where you plan to use your
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system. Look for hazards and learn how to avoid them.
7. Always wear a positioning belt.
Do not use a seating system if the joystick does not
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spring back to the neutral position.
Do not use your seating system if the joystick boot is
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ripped or damaged.
10. Do not try to tip this seating system without an
attendant present.
11.
Do not allow additional riders, the system may become
unstable.
2.3.3 Attendants
DANGER!
Make sure you heed all warnings and follow all
instructions in each section of this manual. Warnings that
apply to the user also apply to you.
1. Do not stand or sit on any portion of this seating
system.
2. You need to work with the user, and the user's doctor
or health care professional, to develop safe methods
best suited to your abilities and those of the user.
3. To manually push the system you must release the
motor brakes.
• Do not engage or disengage motor brakes unless
power to the system is off.
• Make sure you have full control over the system
when you release the motor brakes. When you do so
the system will not have brakes.
• Make sure the system is on level ground before
you release the motor brakes.
4.
Check to make sure push handle grips will not rotate or
slip off.
2.3.4 Attendant control
DANGER!
Make sure you always have comfortable access
to the controls while the chair is moving and make
sure that the controller is fixed securely to the chair.
1. Set the speed of the attendant control to a speed that
you can comfortably follow.
2. Always turn off the power to the controller when
leaving the user in the chair.
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