Patient Handling – turing a 160lb man into 16lb transfer load

The key to safe manual transfers of patients is to secure the patient, reduce the transfer load, and then tip, balance and pivot.  When you master this simple methods using a small plate sized device called a secure lateral transfer plate (the Swivel) transferring is as easy as picking up a small bag of groceries.

Balance pivot is a collection of 12 transfer techniques designed to make transferring a fast, safe, easy routine.

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