Invacare ILIFTEE - Lifting and Transferring the Patient

LiftingthePatient
6.4LiftingandTransferringthePatient
WARNING!
RiskofInjury
Theliftcouldtipandendangerthepatientandassistants.
–Refertothesafetyinformationandinstructionsin
thefollowingproceduresBEFOREperformingthis
procedure:
6.1SafeLifting,page26
6.2PreparingtoLift,page27
6.3AttachingtheSlingstotheLift,page29
5.3Raising/LoweringtheLift,page21
–Invacaredoesnotrecommendlockingoftherear
castersofthepatientliftwhenliftinganindividual.
–Invacarerecommendslockingtherearhangercasters
ONLYwhenpositioningorremovingtheslingfrom
aroundthepatient.
–Invacaredoesrecommendthattherearcastersbeleft
unlockedduringliftingprocedurestoallowthepatient
lifttostabilizeitselfwhenthepatientisinitiallylifted
fromachair,bedoranystationaryobject.
1.Movethelifttothepatientareaandpreparetolift.Referto
6.2PreparingtoLift,page27.
2.Attachtheslingtothelift.Referto6.3AttachingtheSlingsto
theLift,page29.
3.Liftthepatienthighenoughtoclearthestationaryobject
withtheirweightfullysupportedbythelift.Referto5.3
Raising/LoweringtheLift,page21.
Onmanual/hydrauliclift,theboomwillstayinposition
untilthecontrolvalveisopened.Ontheelectriclift,the
boomwillstayinpositionuntiltheDOWN(
)button
ispressed.
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