Bring the strong leg forward knee bent opposite hand on the floor for balance.
How to get up a person from floor.
The pull me up 2 hands model is designed to safely pull up a person weighing up to 350 pounds.
One hand on the chair and one on the table.
There are several options here so you can pick the one that works the best for you now and work to improve the others.
Get back up from the floor.
Fractured a hip or severely pulled a muscle you could incur further injury by helping them to get up.
In this video i ll show you how to get up from the floor.
What i mean is if they injured themselves in such a way i e.
A single person can operate this lift themselves without the assistance of a caregiver and can therefore get themselves up off of the floor.
Roll onto your side.
Try to stay calm.
The person can go to the lift slide on push a button and the lift gradually and gently returns them to their feet during the space of a minute.
The lift also allows for easy transfer into a wheelchair.
Turn your head first followed by your shoulders arm hips and leg.
The sole function of the pull me up is to assist in pulling a person to a standing position from a chair bed bench or other standard seat.
All but one of these techniques can be done without using your hands.
To get back up reverse the procedure.
Any person heavier than this may require a hoist or mini crane to be lifted.
I think if someone has good upper arm strength they should be fine but she didnt so the purpose wasn t served.
We got her on the floor and had her try it.
Get onto all fours.
So when it came in we were very excited with the design and how light weight it was although it was bigger than we expected.
Find the nearest piece of sturdy furniture.
Prepare yourself to get up.
Getting up off the floor.
If you are unsure of the severity of your injuries getting up too fast could make things worse.
If you can sit up after a fall the easiest way i have found to get up is to place a thick book or two on the floor next to the kitchen table and chair turn around place one knee on the books.
Control your own nerves.
Never use a pull me up to pull up a person who is sitting or lying on a floor or the ground.
So the first set of steps is always to stay calm help the person on the floor to get calm and assess them for serious injuries.
Lift up placing both hands on the front quad.
The first method i ll share is the cross sit get up.
She couldnt get up.