Invacare ILIFTEE - Lifting the Patient; Safe Lifting

I-Lift™
6LiftingthePatient
6.1SafeLifting
WARNING!
RiskofInjury
Theliftcouldtipandendangerthepatientandassistants.
–Refertothesafetyinformationandinstructionsin
thefollowingproceduresBEFOREperformingthis
procedure:
6.2PreparingtoLift,page27
6.3AttachingtheSlingstotheLift,page29
6.4LiftingandTransferringthePatient,page31
–AlthoughInvacarerecommendsthattwoassistantsbe
usedforallliftingpreparation,transferringfromand
transferringtoprocedures,ourequipmentwillpermit
properoperationbyoneassistant.Theuseofone
assistantisbasedontheevaluationofthehealthcare
professionalforeachindividualcase.
–DONOTexceedmaximumweightlimitationofthe
patientlift.TheweightlimitationfortheI-Liftis450
lbs(205kg).
–DONOTattemptanytransferwithoutapprovalof
thepatient’sphysician,nurseormedicalassistant.
ThoroughlyreadtheinstructionsinthisOwner’s
Manual,observeatrainedteamofexpertsperform
theliftingproceduresandthenperformtheentirelift
procedureseveraltimeswithpropersupervisionand
acapableindividualactingasapatient.
WARNING!
Riskofinjury
Theliftcouldtipandendangerthepatientandassistants.
–Duringtransfer,withpatientsuspendedinasling
attachedtothelift,DONOTrollcasterbaseover
unevensurfacesthatcouldcausethepatientliftto
tipover.
–Usesteeringhandleonthemastatalltimestopushor
pullthepatientlift.
–WheelchairwheellocksMUSTbeinalockedposition
beforeloweringthepatientintothewheelchairfor
transport.
–Beforetransferring,checkthatthewheelchairweight
capacitycanwithstandthepatient'sweight.
261171892-A