Safe patient transfers do not have to be difficult or dangerous. It is possible to manually transfer your loved one from their wheelchair, bed or another surface such as a toilet or regular chair. The safe patient transfer can be
Moving family members is not intuitive, it’s a learned skill. Unfortunately that skill is not well known within the healthcare community. Healthcare workers are taught a type of manual patient transfer method but it is not leveraged based. The result
Fundamental techniques for transferring patients
The most fundamental technique for transferring patients is the Balance Pivot. This simple technique allows the caregiver to use leverage to reduce the patients weight so that it is easy to control. Most of the