1. Pay attention to safety. When entering or exiting or encountering obstacles, do not use a wheelchair to hit the door or obstacles (especially most of the elderly have osteoporosis and are easily injured);
2. When pushing the wheelchair, instruct the patient to hold the handrail of the wheelchair, sit back as far as possible, do not lean forward or get off the car by yourself; to avoid falling, add a restraint belt if necessary;
3. Because the front wheel of the wheelchair is small, if it encounters small obstacles (such as small stones, small ditch, etc.) during fast driving, it is easy to cause the wheelchair to stop suddenly and cause the wheelchair or the patient to tip over and hurt the patient. Be careful, and pull back if necessary (because the rear wheel is larger, the ability to overcome obstacles is stronger);
4. When pushing the wheelchair downhill, the speed should be slow. The patient’s head and back should be leaned back and the handrail should be grasped to avoid accidents;
5. Observe the condition at any time; if the patient has lower extremity edema, ulcer or joint pain, he can lift the foot pedal and cushion it with a soft pillow.
6. When the weather is cold, pay attention to keeping warm. Put the blanket directly on the wheelchair, and wrap the blanket around the patient’s neck and fix it with pins. At the same time, it surrounds both arms, and the pins are fixed at the wrist. Wrap your lower extremities and feet with a blanket behind your shoes.
7. The wheelchair should be checked frequently, lubricated regularly, and kept in good condition.
8. The electric wheelchair going up and downhill has a lot to do with the motor power. When the horsepower is low, if the load exceeds the limit or the battery is low, it will appear extra laborious uphill. This needs everyone’s attention. Therefore, when choosing an electric wheelchair, we must consider the safety devices of the electric wheelchair, such as anti-roll wheels, such as electromagnetic brakes.
Post time: Oct-29-2022