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Learn the safest way of moving the body from your professional health nursing staff, and know
how to locate your body, and how to support yourself in the process of transportation.
Let others help you until you ensure that you can up and down the wheelchair safely by yourself.
1. Move your electric wheelchair as close as possible to the place where you can seat yourself stably.
2. Rotate the front wheels that make them as front as possible.
3. Be careful of the pedal, and fold it up as far as possible (as shown in figure B2)
B1
B2
• Don’t stand on the pedal, otherwise it will be damaged..
• Ensure your feet are not stumbled or nipped between the gap of the pedal.
4. Ensure that the armrest and the footrest will not influence the user up and down the wheelchair(B1)
5. You should sit down quickly, which will reduce the risk of falling down.
Attentions When Body Reclines and Stretches
Caution
Stretching out hands or reclining body will affect the center of gravity balance of
the electric wheelchair, if the operation method is not correct, i t may cause you to fall or
tip over. several points below can reduce the risk of injury or the damage to the electric
wheelchair.
1. If you must change your body’s center of gravity, for example,raising the body or leave the
seat, please do not tilt your body out of the wheelchair cushion.
2. If you have to move forward off your seat, please do not tilt too much (as shown in figure
C1), and need to keep your back in contact with your hip.
3. Don’t use your hand to reach distant objects reluctantly, in case of being out of balance or
falling.
