Famous physical therapists bob schrupp and brad heineck demonstrate the steps to performing a sliding board transfer correctly and safely.
Using a transfer board from bed to wheelchair.
It is a long smooth board usually about two feet long.
Using a patient transfer board.
Transferring using a transfer sliding board.
A patient transfer board is used to help a patient to another seated position on a chair bed or wheelchair.
The boards can also be used for seat to seat transfers such as from a car to a wheelchair.
For example from bed to chair or from wheelchair to toilet.
These transfer aids can help make transfers safer and easier for you and the person that you are moving.
Who can use a transfer board.
They are also sometimes known as banana boards or slide boards.
A wheelchair transfer is when you move a person into or out of a wheelchair.
The boards come in a variety of shapes colours and sizes.
Here a physical therapist helps a patient with a.
You may need to use transfer aids such as a gait belt a sliding board or a mechanical lift to help move a person.
A transfer board is a piece of equipment that helps you transfer move from one surface to another.
Some of these sheets are made out of a slippery nylon fabric making it easier for the patient to be slid up in bed.
Safe transferring is crucial to preventing falls.
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A transferboard could make a wheelchair transfer to and from another surface both easier as well as safer.
This sheet will describe one type of transfer using a transfer board.
Transferring means moving between two surfaces such as a bed and a wheelchair.
Questions and answers what is a transfer board.