METHODS OF TRANSFERRING PATIENTS

摘要

A method of transferring a patient from a first resting surface to a second resting surface includes inserting a corrugated sheet into a channel formed between the patient and the first resting surface, extending a portion of the sheet between the patient and the first resting surface to under the patient's feet, extending a portion of the sheet between the patient and the first resting surface to under the patient's head, and pulling laterally on the sheet to slide the sheet from the first resting surface to the second resting surface thereby transferring the patient.

主权项

1. A method of transferring a patient from a surface of a first resting device to a surface of a second resting device, the method comprising:
inserting a sheet in a corrugated state into a channel between the patient and the surface of the first resting device, wherein the sheet in the corrugated state is corrugated along a first dimension of the sheet corresponding to a longitudinal axis of the patient and the sheet in the corrugated state is inserted into the channel along a transverse axis of the patient perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the patient; decorrugating the sheet to a decorrugated state by extending a portion of the sheet in a first direction along the longitudinal axis of the patient between the patient and the surface of the first resting device towards the patient's head and extending another portion of the sheet in a second direction opposite the first direction along the longitudinal axis of the patient between the patient and the surface of the first resting device towards the patient's feet; engaging the sheet in the decorrugated state to a patient transfer device including a motor; and activating the motor to pull on an edge of the sheet in the decorrugated state in a direction along the transverse axis of the patient to slide the sheet in the decorrugated state relative to the surface of the first resting device thereby transferring the patient to the surface of the second resting device.