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Raise and withdraw the patient away from the bed.
If preferred, rotate the stretcher frame until the
patient’s feet are in proximity to the mast (see fig
42). In this position, the complete unit may be
transported through wide doorways. Alternatively,
leave the patient at 90º to the mast, in this way the
Lifter and patient can be moved through the
doorway sideways.
The stretcher frame is classified by ARJO as a wet
environment unit, and has a blue and white circular
label to qualify this, attached, (See “Labels”
section). This label signifies that the unit may be
immersed in bath water. or used for showering.
Fig. 39
P1393b
Fig. 40
P1396d
Warning: It is essential to keep the
patient at approximately normal bed
height to ensure stability of the unit and
without losing patient/attendant contact.
When lowering the jib ensure that the
patient’s or attendant’s legs and feet are
well clear of the moving mast.
Fig. 41
P1393c
Fig. 42
P1392a
Warning: Only use soft stretchers that
have every attachment strap coloured
blue.
Note: The “head end” straps have a black
tab stitched to them to enable correct
usage with other ARJO stretcher frames.
Do not use any other type of soft stretcher
sling with the ARJO Opera.
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