If the patient starts to fall during the transfer lower the person to the nearest flat surface bed chair or floor.
Transferring patient from bed to chair video.
Transferring a patient from a bed to a chair or a stretcher can be a challenge as you will need to support them properly to move them.
Types of hospital transfers include bed to stretcher bed to wheelchair wheelchair to chair and wheelchair to toilet and vice versa.
If using wheelchair line it with a blanket or sheet and arrange pillows on the seat and against the back.
Place pillow on the seat of the chair.
Take the patient s pulse.
At the same time ask the patient to reach for the wheelchair armrest.
Once the patient s legs are touching the seat of the wheelchair bend your knees to lower the patient into the seat.
Put the foot rest up and lock the wheels.
As a caretaker you will need to transfer your patients correctly so they are not at.