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Think about your own work posture as well as the comfort of the patient. Use the bed’s raising and lowering functions.
Lifting from a Supine Position
Turn the patient toward you to prevent him or her from
falling out of the bed. Place the edge of the sling as far in
under the patient as possible, and with its lower edge just
below the bend in the patient’s knees.
Fold the sling a couple of times so that its center back strap
follows the patient’s backbone when the patient is carefully
rotated back.
How to Attach a ComfortSling Plus to a Sling Bar with 4 Hooks
(Twin Bars and Cross Bars)
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The illustrations 1, 2, and 3 shows a twin bar but this
also applies to a Cross-bar.
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Upper strap loop
Lower strap loop