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>How to Help Someone Who Uses a Wheelchair
Including Walkers, Crutches and Canes
This program makes it easy for you to gain the skills you need. As you watch other caregivers perform wheelchair maneuvers, you will learn how to avoid common mistakes that caregivers make when assisting someone in a wheelchair and will understand how to do transfers correctly.
The topics covered include:
- Safety and sensitivity issues
- Principles of body mechanics
- Parts of the wheelchair
- Body control points
- Gait belt use
- Stand pivot transfers in a variety of settings
- Squat pivot transfer
- Transfer out of a lounge or soft chair
- Vehicle transfer
- Loading a wheelchair into a car
- Maneuvering ramps and curbs
- Bathroom equipment
- Preventing pressure ulcers
- Types and use of walkers, crutches and canes
The program comes with:
- 32 minute DVD
- Course outline
- Learning objectives
- Key points and definitions
- Test and answer key
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