Using the wheelchair
6.5 Negotiating steps and kerbs
WARNING!
Risk of overturning
When negotiating steps you could lose your balance
and tip the wheelchair over.
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Always approach steps and kerbs slowly and carefully.
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Do not go up or down steps that are higher than
25 cm.
CAUTION!
An activated antitipper prevents the wheelchair from
tipping backwards.
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Deactivate the antitipper before going up or down
steps or kerbs.
With an assistant
Going down a step
1.
Move the wheelchair right up to the kerb and hold the handrims.
2.
The assistant should hold both push handles, place one foot on the
tipper aid (if installed) and tilt the wheelchair backwards so that the
front wheels lift off the ground.
3.
The assistant should then hold the wheelchair in this position, push
it carefully down the step and then tilt it forwards until the front
wheels are back on the ground.
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