How to use Power Wheelchair correctly?

Power Wheelchair is an important tool for rehabilitation. It is not only a mobility tool for physical disability and people with inconvenient actions. More importantly, they can exercise and participate in social activities with the help of wheelchairs. So, what should I pay attention to when using a wheelchair? How to maintain wheelchairs?

1. First of all, pay attention to safety. When entering and exiting the door or encountering obstacles, do not use Power Wheelchair to hit the door or obstacles (especially the elderly, most of them have osteoporosis, which are susceptible to injury).

2. When pushing Power Wheelchair, ask the patient to hold the handrail of the wheelchair, try to sit back, do not lean forward or get out of the car by yourself; avoid falling, add a constraint band if necessary.

3. Because the front wheels of Power Wheelchair are smaller, if you encounter small obstacles (such as small stones, small grooves, etc.) when driving quickly, it is easy to cause wheelchairs to stop and cause the patient to push the patient to push the wheelchair. Those must be careful that if necessary, you can use the way to pull back.

4. Push Power Wheelchair to go downhill slowly. The patient's head and back should lean back and closer the armrest to avoid accidents.

5. Pay attention to observing the condition at any time. If the patient has edema, ulcer or joint pain in the patient, the leg can be lifted up and padded with a soft pillow.

6. When the weather is cold, pay attention to keeping the blanket on the wheelchair, and use the blanket to surround the patient's neck, fix it with a needle, at the same time, fix the needle on the wrist, and then surround the upper body. After the shoe, wrap your lower limbs and both feet with a blanket.

7. Check the wheelchair frequently, add lubricating oil regularly, and keep it intact.

Maintenance of wheelchairs

1. First of all, we must fully understand this device. How to use the functions of the buttons everywhere, especially how to start and how to stop quickly. When encountering unexpected things, it can play a key role.

2. Keep the body clean and placed in a dry and ventilated place to prevent the accessories from rusting.

3. Before and within one month of wheelchair, check whether each bolt should be loose. If there is looseness, it should be tightened in time. In normal use, check every three months to ensure that all components are good.

4. Check the use of the tire regularly, repair the rotating parts in a timely manner, and add a small amount of lubricant to regularly. The tire keeps sufficient air pressure and cannot be contacted with oil and acidic substances to prevent deterioration.

5. Sometimes when you go out, you will inevitably put on mud, or be wet by the rain. Pay attention to cleaning and wipe the soil in time, and apply rust -proof wax.

6. For electric wheelchair cars, we must develop the habit of charging after use, so that the battery power is full. The idle electric wheelchair should develop the habit of regular charging, so that the battery is "full of food" for a long time.