Transferring Patient From Bed To Chair Video

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.

Put the foot rest up and lock the wheels. Place pillow on the seat of the chair. As a caretaker you will need to transfer your patients correctly so they are not at. If the patient starts to fall during the transfer lower the person to the nearest flat surface bed chair or floor.

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. 3 7 patient transfers transfers are defined as moving a patient from one flat surface to another such as from a bed to a stretcher perry et al 2014. Patients who cannot walk or put weight on their legs will need to be transferred regularly at home and in a hospital setting. At the same time ask the patient to reach for the wheelchair armrest.

Types of hospital transfers include bed to stretcher bed to wheelchair wheelchair to chair and wheelchair to toilet and vice versa.