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Patient Transfer Techniques

all right so now I'm going to show you guys how to guard a patient going from the floor to the wheelchair using the anterior approach so as the patient gets in position you want to be stationed behind them so that if they lose their balance backwards you're there to catch them once they're in position you're then going to move behind them and have your hands close to their pelvis so that you can manipulate that as needed once here you're gonna continue to hold the pelvis as they lift up if you need to add more force what you can do is come down and kind of hug their legs to help lift them into the chair so they'll lift up and then you're here so that if they start to fall one way or the other you can also reach and protect them from falling