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Put on the armrest.
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Install and open the footrests and put on it patient's feet.
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Place the patient on wheelchair so that the patient is in upright sitting position (knees should
be bent at an angle of ~ 90 °).
PUSHING THE WHEELCHAIR BY CARETAKER
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Before use, make sure that no part of the patient's body or his hes clothing is not exposed to
hook with the moving parts of the wheelchair.
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If patient can not sit on one's own, wheelchair should by equipped with stabilizing belts (belts,
which are in standard equipment to protect the patient from sliding off the seat).
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Wheelchair should be pushed with both hands.
MOVING ON SLOPES
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While moving on slopes, use caution and reduce your speed.
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Do not move on too high slopes. The maximum allowable slope angle up and down is 5%.
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Consider the possibility of assistance from the caretaker. If the person on the wheelchair did
not have enough force to control the wheelchair, the brakes must be on.
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To prevent tipping over while moving along the sloping surface, You should be slightly lean
forward to move your centre of gravity forward.
GOING DOWN OF THE THRESHOLD OR CURBS
Ahead without the help of a caretaker
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Experienced wheelchair user can drive on his own from the threshold or curbs.
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With a low curb, you can drive by moving forward. Make sure that the footrests platform does
not touch the ground.
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Please keep balance on the rear wheels to reduce the pressure on the front wheels.
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Then cross the curb.
Ahead with the help of a caretaker
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Higher curbs can be overcome with caretaker help.
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Caretaker should slightly tilt the wheelchair back.
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Cross the curb moving on the rear wheels.
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Then the wheelchair must be paced on all four wheels.
Backwards without the help of a caretaker
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Experienced wheelchair user can cross on his own the threshold or curbs.
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Turn the wheelchair in such a way that both rear wheels were turned toward the curb
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Lean forward to move the centre of gravity in forward.
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Come closer with the wheelchair to the edge of the curb.
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Then, by using the handrim in a controlled manner, user must slide the wheelchair from the
curb.
