How To Get A Fallen Person Off The Floor

How to lift elderly off the floor.

How to get a fallen person off the floor.

Have them brace their hands on the chair in front of them. Set a chair by their feet and another by their head. I made a short video showing these ideas. Some inflatable cushions like the mangar camel have a back rest and can raise a person from the floor to a sitting position.

In under 10 minutes it shows 10 different fall recovery techniques. The human floor lift gives fall victims the ability to get back up on their own. A single person can operate this lift themselves without the assistance of a caregiver and can therefore get themselves up off of the floor. How to get up if you fall.

The human floor lift can be placed in a central location of the home. In such a case the fallen person is gently rolled onto the deflated cushion and then the air pump is turned on to re inflate the cushion at the same time gradually lifting the patient from the floor. 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. This lift gently lifts a person off of the floor and back up onto their feet minimizing the significance of a fall and ensuring the person isn t trapped on the floor until help arrives.

Help them put a single leg up toward the chair as if. The lift also allows for easy transfer into a wheelchair. Stay calm look for injuries. This is far better than having their caregiver or loved one risk getting hurt while assisting the fallen person in floor recovery.

I had a small epiphany while sitting in my living room a few weeks ago and realized there are actually many things that people can do to successfully get up from the floor.