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Now we're going to demonstrate the two person chair lift. Again this is a non urgent move. It should be done with some forethought. Number one, we need to talk about the size of the two colleagues that are gonna be lifting this person. The larger of the two should be at the head of this person so as to keep their head above their feet. In all pre-hospital care, in-hospital care, out of hospital care, any type of person care at all it's never a real pleasant position for this person to be in where their head is lower than their feet. Unless we're literally trying to do that to combat shock symptoms. But whenever carrying them we want them to be oriented and we also want them to be head above their feet. So in this case we have a person here who is pretty cognizant of what's going on. We're going to describe to them and educate them as to what we're going to do. Sir, hi. My name's Roy. We're gonna be helping you today. We're gonna lift you out of the chair and bring you to our stretcher so that we can find out why you're not feeling well today. Does that sound like a good plan? - Sounds good. - Great. My partner here, Jodi, he's gonna be reaching under your arms and grabbing opposite wrists. I'm gonna grab underneath your knees and we're gonna lift you on the count of three. Big importance here on keeping backs straight, heads looking up at the ceilings, and using proper lifting techniques. Jodi on your call. - One, two, three. - We lift the person up, clear the obstacles and now we can move to the stretcher or our other location.
Lifting a person from a chair should be well thought out and planned. The taller caregiver should be positioned at the head, while the shorter caregiver should be positioned at the legs. The helps to ensure that the patient's head will remain higher than the feet.