Bed Operation Guide
Chapter 2
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Operating the crank handle
To use the crank handle:
1. Extend the appropriate crank handle from tucked
away position.
2. Turn the crank handle clockwise (to raise) or counter
clockwise (to lower) as needed.
3. Place the crank handle back to its tucked away
position by simply pushing the top part of the handle
with the thumb (where it says to push) while directing
it under the bed.
Always ensure that Reverse Lock (normally resting on their legs) beds equipped with a manual
Hi-Lo actuator are still on their legs and stable after they have been lowered to a low position.
These beds have no warning device to indicate that they rest on their casters. If no bed
movement is intended, great care must be taken not to inadvertently lower the bed to the point
where the casters come in contact with the floor thus destabilizing the bed.
2.2 MOVING OR STABILIZING THE BED (ELECTRIC AND MANUAL BEDS)
Always ensure the bed is resting on its legs or the caster's brake are applied when a patient is
on the bed. Serious injury could occur if the bed moves while a patient is getting in or out of bed.
Always check bed stability after having moved the bed and brought it back onto its legs or
engaged the caster brakes.
Two stabilizing principles characterize Sunflower beds: the Reverse Lock system and the Floor
Lock system.
Reverse Lock System (FL18E1 and FL18M1 Bed Models)
These bed models are usually stabilized because they normally rest on their legs and have to
be lowered onto their casters to be moved.
Moving the Electric (FL18E1) and Manual (FL18M1) Beds
•
To move a bed equipped with a powered Hi-Lo function, press and hold the left side of the
Hi-Lo switch (see
B
, section 2.1) to lower the sleep surface until it automatically stops, and
then release, press and hold the switch again until casters reach the floor. The yellow bed-
on-caster warning LED (see
C
, section 2.1) will then blink and continue so as long as the
bed will be resting on its casters.
•
To move a bed not equipped with the powered Hi-Lo function, lower the bed onto its casters
using the hand crank. Note that the lowering movement has no preset stop and that there is
no warning device to remind that the bed is resting on its casters, so precautions must be
taken before using the bed to ensure it is stable (resting on its legs).
Ensure that the power cord does not get trapped under a leg when the bed is brought back on
its legs after having been moved.
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