Using A Transfer Board From Bed To Wheelchair
It is a long smooth board usually about two feet long.
Using a transfer board from bed to wheelchair. Questions and answers what is a transfer board. Using a patient transfer board. They are also sometimes known as banana boards or slide boards. A patient transfer board is used to help a patient to another seated position on a chair bed or wheelchair.
Safe transferring is crucial to preventing falls. The boards can also be used for seat to seat transfers such as from a car to a wheelchair. A transferboard could make a wheelchair transfer to and from another surface both easier as well as safer. Transferring using a transfer sliding board.
Some of these sheets are made out of a slippery nylon fabric making it easier for the patient to be slid up in bed. Check out the pr. How to use a transfer board only use a transfer board if. Who can use a transfer board.
Here a physical therapist helps a patient with a. This sheet will describe one type of transfer using a transfer board. Transferring means moving between two surfaces such as a bed and a wheelchair. The type of transfer you will use depends on your overall health and strength.
Patients who need assistance moving in bed can be mobilized more easily using transfer sheets. The boards come in a variety of shapes colours and sizes. A wheelchair transfer is when you move a person into or out of a wheelchair. Famous physical therapists bob schrupp and brad heineck demonstrate the steps to performing a sliding board transfer correctly and safely.
These transfer aids can help make transfers safer and easier for you and the person that you are moving.