What can you do yourself: patient-related actions - Transfer - Transfer
Onderdeel van: Physical strain
This is the best way to handle Make sure you are well prepared. Use an aid for the less mobile patients. See mobility classes. Avoid moving only if the patient requires too much effort. Prepare the patient for the action, tell them what the intention is. Make as much use as possible of the possibilities that the patient has to cooperate in the execution of the transfer. Verbally and non-verbally, encourage the patient to cooperate as much as possible during the transfer. Make use of aids as much as possible. Provide an appropriate working height. Make the travel distance as…