Patients who cannot walk or put weight on their legs will need to be transferred regularly at home and in a hospital setting.
Transferring patient from bed to chair video.
Transferring a patient from a bed to a chair or a stretcher can be a challenge as you will need to support them properly to move them.
As a caretaker you will need to transfer your patients correctly so they are not at.
If using wheelchair line it with a blanket or sheet and arrange pillows on the seat and against the back.
If the patient starts to fall during the transfer lower the person to the nearest flat surface bed chair or floor.
Types of hospital transfers include bed to stretcher bed to wheelchair wheelchair to chair and wheelchair to toilet and vice versa.
Once the patient s legs are touching the seat of the wheelchair bend your knees to lower the patient into the seat.
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.
At the same time ask the patient to reach for the wheelchair armrest.
Put the foot rest up and lock the wheels.