Product Manual

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FITTING STAND ASSIST SLING
• Position the patient in a sitting position
• Slide the sling down patient’s back to lumbar position.
• Draw the shoulder straps to the front of the patient close to the chest.
• Draw the waist belt around patient’s waist and press together to fasten.
buckle (adjust for comfort).
• Cross the short black strap over and pull the left loop strap through the black strap.
• Hook the two loop straps to the hooks on the lift boom using the same hook and loop
sequence on each side.
• The black strap will be straight across in front of patient to stabilize the sling during lift.
• Have patient grasp handles on boom and tilt head back slightly.
• Make sure the patients feet are firmly on the platform and knees are touching the kneepads
with kneecaps just above the padding.
• Use the lift to complete the lift and pivot transfer.
FITTING SUPPORT STRAP
DIAGRAM 1
A B
a
b
DIAGRAM 2 • Check sling weight capacity for the patient being lifted.
Do not exceed maximum safe working load.
• Review following procedures carefully prior to attempting
lift. Call with any questions.
• Position the sling around the buttocks of the patient. This
sling is designed to support the middle and lower part of
the body.
• Attach the sling strap to the lower “pig tail” “A” on the mast
of the Stand Assist lift as in Diagram 1. Bringing
DIAGRAM 3 the other side around the back of the patients’s
buttocks (to fit like a park swing) and attach lower “pig
tail” “B”.
• Position sling so it gives the greatest support to middle
and lower part of the patient being lifted.