Instructions for use of ordinary wheelchairs

Ordinary wheelchairs are suitable for the following diseases: spinal cord injury, lower limb disability, craniocerebral disease, the elderly, the weak, and the sick. Cognitive function of the patient should be considered when choosing a wheelchair

Can and at least one side of the upper limb function normally, and can operate the wheelchair more familiarly.

1. Opening and stowing: When opening the wheelchair, place the palms of both hands on the crossbars on both sides of the wheelchair (below the support), and press downward at the same time to open it. Put away the

Turn up the pedals, and then hold both ends of the cushion with both hands and pull upwards at the same time.

2. Operate the wheelchair by yourself: When pushing forward, release the brake before operating, sit back, look ahead, stretch your hands back, bend your elbows slightly, and hold the wheel ring tightly with both hands.

second half. When pushing, the upper body leans forward and both upper limbs push forward at the same time and straighten the joints. When the elbows are fully straightened, let go of the ring, and repeat. Opposite - side limb function is positive

Usually, if the other side is dysfunctional (such as hemiplegia), the upper and lower limbs of one side are fractured, etc., the wheelchair can be operated simultaneously by using the upper and lower limbs of the healthy side. The method is as follows: first turn up the pedal on the healthy side,

Put your healthy foot on the ground and hold the handwheel with your healthy hand. When pushing, the healthy foot steps forward on the ground, and cooperates with the healthy hand to move the wheelchair forward. When going up a slope, keep your upper body leaning forward,

Move the center of gravity forward, and push the wheelchair on the same level as other methods. If the wheelchair is tilted backward when going uphill, it is easy to cause the wheelchair to roll over.

3. Wheelchair transfer: Take hemiplegic patients as an example.

(1) Turn between the bed and the wheelchair: put the chair on the healthy side, form an angle of 30~45° with the bed, brake the wheels, and remove the footrest. Hold the armrest outside the wheelchair with the healthy hand of the patient and stand up.

After stabilizing, turn the body slowly around the healthy foot, so that the head is facing the chair and sit down slowly.

(2) Transfer between the wheelchair and the bed: approach the bed from the healthy side, make the wheelchair form an angle of 30-45° between the beds, brake the wheels, and remove the footrest. Hold the handrail and stand up

After stabilizing, put it forward on the bed, take the healthy foot as the axis, slowly turn the body, and then sit down.

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