SALSA M
2
Mini
9
Rev.1.0
4.0 General safety warning and user tips
4.1 General warnings
WARNING!
•
Always ensure that your wheelchair is switched off
before attempting to transfer in or out.
•
Always ensure that you are able to operate all controls
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,
especially if you intend using your wheelchair in poor
light.
•
This wheelchair has been built to match the needs of
a particular user. If used by another user then it may
need to be adjusted and reprogrammed.
•
Do not let unathorised persons or children use your
wheelchair .
•
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 backwards with a MWD
wheelchair. 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 is unsafe to do so and could cause personal injury
or damage the wheelchair. The Salsa M
2
Mini is a
mid-wheel drive, (MWD), wheelchair and has been
designed to climb one single step or kerb at a time.
•
We recommend that users with upper trunk instability
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 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
catastrophic loss of power such as control system
failure or battery failure has occurred.
•
Brake release should not be habitually used as a
means of transporting the user as if in a manual
wheelchair.
•
When the power wheelchair is functioning normally,
the 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
DANGER!
•
Always ensure an attendant is with you when
bringing the wheelchair into the freewheel mode.
•
The wheelchair must never be left with one or both
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
