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• Teach carer to strip assemble a wheelchair for storage - WHEELCHAIR FEATURES

  • wheelchair safety checks
  • need to check the brake mechanism - when you pull/push the lever, a bar should push against the tire to stop the chair moving - patient should know how to use it
  • tires must be pumped up/solid - if flat itll be hard to move and the brake mechanism wont work
  • the rim shouldnt have metal sticking out of it as it could cut pts
• Teach carer to strip assemble a wheelchair for storage - WHEELCHAIR FEATURES

  • wheelchair safety checks
  • the foot plate must be firm via the locking mechanism and should be parallel to the ground, but not too low that theyre at risk of hitting anything in the ground, so adjust the height also in accordance to height of pts
  • the arm plates must be locked in (curved part at the front)
  • the material of the seat and back must be in tact, if theres any tears do not use it
• Teach carer to strip assemble a wheelchair for storage - WHEELCHAIR FEATURES

  • pull off little lever at the front of arm rest - completely removes arm rest, do on both sides
  • lift the footrests up, undo clip on side to remove locking mechanism - swing foot support to side or completely remove it by lifting off the legs
  • always worth clipping the belt together
  • pull levers on the back to fold the back support in half
  • then lift the seat up to fold it in half
• Teach carer to strip assemble a wheelchair for storage - WHEELCHAIR FEATURES

  • put it back together by pushing the seat down
  • then unfold the back support and slide it down to lock it
  • clip footplates back on (lock them in) , swing them forwards and unfold footrests
  • curved part of arm rest is at the front - fit arm rest into rings at the front of the seat and clip it in
  • rim shouldn't have any nicks in it
  • tires should be inflated
  • handles need to be high enough for carer
  • push brake lever forwards to lock it - MUST BE ON WHEN GETTING PATIENT ON/OFF WHEELCHAIR