3 SAFETY

Moving Up Stairs

1.If necessary, rotate the anti-tippers so the wheels are facing up.

2.One assistant (positioned behind the wheelchair), securely grasps a non-removable (non-detachable) part of the wheelchair for leverage and tilts the wheelchair back to the balance point.

3.After the wheelchair has been tilted back to the balance point, the assistant behind the wheelchair backs the wheelchair up against the first step.

4.The second assistant (positioned in the front of the wheelchair), with a firm hold on a non-detachable part of the framework, lifts the wheelchair up and on to the next stair above and steadies the wheelchair as the assistant behind the wheelchair places one foot on the next stair above and repeats process.

5.The wheelchair should not be lowered until the last stair has been negotiated and the wheelchair has been rolled away from the stairway.

6.If necessary, rotate the anti-tippers so the wheels are facing down.

Moving Down Stairs

1.

If necessary, rotate the anti-tippers so the wheels are facing up.

 

 

2.

One assistant (positioned behind the wheelchair), securely grasps a

 

 

 

non-removable (non-detachable) part of the wheelchair for

 

 

 

leverage and tilts the wheelchair back to the balance point.

 

 

3.

After the wheelchair has been tilted back to the balance point, the

 

 

 

assistant behind the wheelchair rolls the wheelchair up to the edge of

 

 

 

the first step.

 

 

4.

The second assistant (positioned in the front of the wheelchair), with a

 

 

 

firm hold on a non-detachable part of the framework, lowers the

 

 

 

wheelchair down and on to the next stair below and steadies the

 

 

 

wheelchair as the assistant in the rear places one foot on the next stair

 

 

 

below and repeats process.

 

 

5.

The wheelchair should not be lowered until the last stair has been

 

 

 

negotiated and the wheelchair has been rolled away from the stairway.

FIGURE 5

Stairways

6.

If necessary, rotate the anti-tippers so the wheels are facing down.

 

 

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Invacare 9000 STANDARD WEIGHT user manual Moving Up Stairs, Moving Down Stairs