Once the patient s legs are touching the seat of the wheelchair bend your knees to lower the patient into the seat.
Transferring patient from bed to chair video.
Types of hospital transfers include bed to stretcher bed to wheelchair wheelchair to chair and wheelchair to toilet and vice versa.
If using wheelchair line it with a blanket or sheet and arrange pillows on the seat and against the back.
Put the foot rest up and lock the wheels.
As a caretaker you will need to transfer your patients correctly so they are not at.
Place the chair conveniently at night angles to the bed back of chair parallel to the foot of the bed and facing the head of bed.
If the patient starts to fall during the transfer lower the person to the nearest flat surface bed chair or floor.
Take the patient s pulse.
At the same time ask the patient to reach for the wheelchair armrest.
Place pillow on the seat of the chair.