Leaving Slings Positioned Under Patients in Wheelchairs, etc.
There are times when leaving the sling under a patient while he or she is seated in a
wheelchair or chair would promote patient comfort and would enable staff to provide care.
Before this can be done, however, the patient’s posture must be evaluated by a nurse or
professional rehabilitation department staff member to see if leaving the sling under the
patient might contribute to the patient sliding out of, or falling off of, a wheelchair or chair.
Secondly, the patient’s clothing, the sling fabric, and the surface of the chair or wheelchair
must be assessed for slipperiness. If leaving the sling under the patient while he or she is
in the wheelchair or chair poses risk for sliding out of or falling off of the wheel-chair, it may
not be left under the patient.
Patient Transport with the VERA-LIFT II
TM
The VERA-LIFT II™ with the sitting sling MAY BE used to transport patients in a sitting
position from one room to another in addition to transferring patients within their room.
Staff Training
After the VERA-LIFT II™ has been received from VANCARE, Inc., a manufacturer’s
representative will provide initial in-service training for your staff. Before using the VERA-
LIFT II™ to transfer patients, all staff must be trained and authorized to use the VERA-LIFT
II™. If additional training is needed, contact your local distributor.
A DVD demonstrating transfer techniques and VERA-LIFT II™ care was sent to the facility
with the lift. This DVD can be used, along with “hands on” training led by a nurse or
professional rehabilitation staff member who has been designated as your facility’s
mechanical lift trainer, as part of your facility’s mechanical lift education program. Only staff
members who have been trained according to the procedures in this manual, by a
manufacturer’s representative, or by a nurse or professional rehabilitation staff member
designated as your facility’s mechanical lift trainer, be allowed to use the VERA-LIFT II™.
WARNING
If leaving the sling under the patient places the patient at risk of sliding out of, or falling
off of, the chair or wheelchair, the sling may not be left under the patient.
WARNING
It is important for staff to know that the VERA-LIFT II™
is approved for standing
patient transfers within the patient’s room and the connecting bathroom only
.
The VERA-LIFT II™ with the back belt
MAY NOT
be used to transport patients who are
standing on the lift from one room in the facility to another.
December
2019
For your nearest Distributor, call 1-800-694-4525
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