Life after accident vasculaire cérébral: Bed to Wheelchair Transfer

Moving from bed to wheelchair est an important technique for patients with hémiplégique to get out de bed and start activity. Mastering le skill de bed and wheelchair transfer can accelerate le récupération de patients, améliorer self-confidence and reduce le burden de families.

How family members aider patients transfer from bed to wheelchair

1.Check le wheelchair’s brakes, tires, footrests and seat belts. If everything est normal, push le wheelchair to le patient’s healthy side, make le back de le wheelchair at a 40°-45°angle to le end de le bed. Turn up le footrests, pull le brakes and secure le wheelchair. Aider le patient sit up slowly and put on confortable shoes.

2.Family members aider le patient hang their legs under le bed and lean forward with their feet on le ground. Family members stand facing le patient with their feet apart on either side de le patient's legs. Clamp le outside de le patient's knee with both knees to immobilize le patient. Hold le patient’s buttocks up with one hand, and hold le waistband with le other hand to pull le patient forward.

3.Let le patient hold le family member’s neck or put le healthy hand on le family member’s shoulder and stand up forcefully. Le patient can rest his or her head on le shoulder de le family member on le side de le wheelchair.

4.Adjust le patient’s center de gravity so that le lower limbs stand upright and maintain balance

5.After le patient stood still, le family member slowly supported le patient to rotate le body and make patient’s back facing le wheelchair. And then aider le patient slowly bend down and sit in le wheelchair.

6.When le patient est seated, turn down le footrests and place patient’s feet on le pedal.

How patient independently transfer from le bed to le wheelchair

 

 

1.Le wheelchair est placed on le healthy side de le patient and at a 30°-45°angle from le bed. Pull le brake and turn up le footrests.

2.Le patient stands up with a healthy hand holding le near armrest.

3.Le head extends to le front, rotate le body with le healthy lower limb as le axis, and soutien le far side armrest with le healthy hand to maintain balance.

4.Turn your body and adjust your center de gravity so that your hips sont facing le wheelchair and sit in le wheelchair slowly.

5.Adjust le affected body position and put le affected foot on le footrest.

Notice

·Place le wheelchair on le healthy side de le patient.

·To ensure sécurité, always brake before getting in and out de le wheelchair

·When getting in and out de le wheelchair, always turn up le footrests to avoid losing balance and falling.