SALSA/SALSA M
11
Rev.5.0
4.0 General safety warning and user tips
4.1 General warnings
WARNING!
Always ensure that your wheelchair is switched off
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before attempting to transfer in or out.
Always ensure that you are able to operate all controls
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from a comfortable position. Paying attention to your
posture is essential to ensure your continued comfort
and well being.
Always make sure that you can be seen clearly,
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especially if you intend using your wheelchair in poor
light.
This wheelchair has been built to match the needs of
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a particular user. If used by another user then it may
need to be adjusted and reprogrammed.
Do not let children or others use your wheelchair.
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• Be aware that the wheelchair may come to a sudden
stop during operation. Sunrise Medical recommend
that a lap strap be worn at all times.
• Do not operate the wheelchair if it is behaving
abnormally or erratically.
4.2 Features and options
NOTE:
Some of the options shown in this manual may not
be available in your country and may also restrict the overall
physical limits of the standard product (e.g. max. speed,
user weight limit, etc.). Those limitations are marked on
the order form, in the technical manual and in this owner’s
manual. For further information please consult your Sunrise
Medical authorised dealer.
4.3 Kerbs
DANGER!
Never descend a kerb Forwards with a RWD chair or
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Backwards with a MWD chair. Please read carefully
the section 4.30 on kerb climbing in this manual before
attempting to mount and dismount any kerbs in your
wheelchair.
Do not attempt to climb or descend a series of steps. It
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is unsafe to do so and could cause personal injury or
damage the chair. The SALSA & SALSA M has only
been designed to climb a single step or kerb.
We recommend that users with upper trunk instability
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wear further customised restraint systems to keep the
upright body position during descending or ascending
ramps, curbs or obstacles.
4.4 Routine service
The recommended service interval is one year. (See
service history table, section 14, Fig.14.1).
4.5 Brake release
DANGER!
The Brake release, (freewheel), is only to be used in
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an emergency power breakdown situation e.g. Where
a large distance has to be covered to get the user
home or into a safe environment.
Brake release can also be used if a complete and
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catastrophic loss of power such as control system
failure or battery failure has occurred.
Brake release should not be habitually used as
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a means of transporting the user as if in a manual
chair.
When the power chair is functioning normally, the
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brake release should only be used to park or store the
unoccupied wheelchair.
Please remember that you have no braking facility when
the Brake release, (freewheel), levers are moved from the
normal drive position to the freewheel position, Fig. 4.1,
Fig 4.2, (SALSA before August 2010); Fig 4.3 and Fig 4.4
SALSA M, (& SALSA from August 2010).
DANGER!
Always ensure an attendant is with you when bringing
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the chair into the freewheel mode.
The wheelchair must never be left with one or both
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levers in the freewheel position.
For an enhanced description of this facility and its
limitations to use, please see later section at 5.4.
Fig. 4.1
Fig. 4.2
Fig. 4.3
Fig. 4.4
