If using wheelchair line it with a blanket or sheet and arrange pillows on the seat and against the back.
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.
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.
Once the patient s legs are touching the seat of the wheelchair bend your knees to lower the patient into the seat.
At the same time ask the patient to reach for the wheelchair armrest.
Put the foot rest up and lock the wheels.
Patients who cannot walk or put weight on their legs will need to be transferred regularly at home and in a hospital setting.
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.
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.