SECTION 5—TRANSFERRING THE PATIENT
Part No 1078988 23 Electric Portable Patient Lift - RPA6001E
Transferring to a Commode Chair
NOTE:Forthisprocedure,refertoFIGURE 5.1.
1. Liftthepatientfromthebed.RefertoLiftingthePatientonpage 19.
2. PresstheUPbuttononthehandcontroltoelevatethepatienthighenoughtoclearthe
armsofthecommodechair.Theirweightwillbesupportedbythepatientlift.
3. Guidethepatientontothecommodechair.Thismayrequiretwoassistants.
4. PresstheDOWNbuttononthehandcontroltolowerthepatientontothecommode
chairleavingtheslingattachedtotheswivelbarhooks.
5. Whencomplete,rechecktheslingforcorrectattachments.
6. PresstheUPbuttononthehandcontroltoraisethepatientoffthecommodechair.
7. Whenthepatientisclearofthecommodesurface(usingthesteeringhandles),move
thepatientliftawayfromthecommodechair.
8. Toreturnthepatienttobed,reverseLiftingthePatientonpage 19.
9. Toreturnorplacethepatientinawheelchair,refertoTransferringtoaWheelchairon
page 24.
FIGURE 5.1 Transferring to a Commode Chair