Using Your Wheelchair; Keeping From Tipping Over Or Falling Out Of The Wheelchair; Transferring Into And Out Of The Wheelchair - VA Health care Manual Wheelchair Manual Handbook

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USING YOUR WHEELCHAIR

A. Keeping from tipping over or falling out of the wheelchair:
 Helpful Hints
When going uphill, lean forward to avoid tipping over
backward.
When going downhill, lean back to avoid falling
forward out of your wheelchair.
Make sure the antitippers are in place.
Point the front wheels forward when getting in or out
of the wheelchair -- this is the most stable position.
B. Transferring into and out of the
wheelchair:
 Helpful Hints
Make sure the wheels are in the most stable
position.
Make sure the brakes are on.
Raise the footrests and swing them away (or
even better take them off altogether).
Take off the armrest in the direction
you are going to or coming from.
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