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Safety Tips
General Safety
WARNING:
The wheelchair is to be used in accordance with each facility’s
policies and procedures.
Replace worn or torn fabric immediately. Failure to do so could result in user
injury as well as damage to equipment or other property.
Installing a power drive on this wheelchair is an alteration to the frame and voids
the warranty. DO NOT mount a power drive on any Wheelchairs of Kansas
wheelchair. It will affect the center of balance of your chair and may cause a tip
over and severe injury to you. See your Wheelchairs of Kansas dealer for power
wheelchair options.
Use of a seating system not approved by Wheelchairs of Kansas may alter the
center of balance of the wheelchair. This may cause the wheelchair to tip over and
result in severe injury to you. DO NOT make a change to the seating system of
your wheelchair unless you consult your authorized Wheelchairs of Kansas dealer
first.
Transport
WARNING:
Wheelchairs of Kansas does not endorse or recommend the lifting
of the chair, with a person in it. Other means of transport must be used to carry a
person over stairs or obstructions in the pathway if no ramp or other means is
provided to properly roll the chair around or over the stairs or obstructions.
During transport, use caution so the wheelchair does not tip or overbalance.
Failure to do so could result in user injury as well as damage to equipment or
other property.
Generally, as the load increases, the risk of instability goes up.
For inclines or thresholds, approach them moving forward or backwards, rather than sideways.
