Wheelchair Fall Prevention
First thing you do to your wheelchair before you stand up.
What is put your brakes on?
What could you put on the walls of your shower or tub to decrease your fall risk?
Handrails or grab bars
Have these on your feet before you walk if you are not wearing shoes.
What is wearing grippy socks?
An assistive device such as a cane, walker, or rollator
What should you use when walking if your PT Abby tells you to?
within arms length/reach before standing
what is how close my walker is to me?
On the arm rests and push up with your arms.
Where you put your hands before you stand up?
How you can bathe without standing in the shower or tub.
What is sitting on your shower chair or tub transfer bench?
Mop it up!
What you do spill something?
If you need something in a high place.
What is use your reacher or ask someone to get it for you?
use when carrying items with walker
what is using a walker bag/tray?
Accessories that can be added to a wheelchair to keep it from tipping over backwards
What are anti-tippers?
Do this to keep from slipping in the tub.
What is use non-slip bathmats or friction strips on the floor of the tub?
Cover or tape them down.
What should you do with cords and cables in the pathway? Or loose rugs and mats
If you feel weak or dizzy when you are walking you should do this.
What is sit down as soon as possible?
With it close to you - walk inside the walker.
What is, how should you walk with your walker?
Item placed under w/c cushion to prevent sliding forwards
shelf liner or dycem
On the floor on the outside of the tub.
Where could you put a large non-slip mat to catch any water that may have escaped from the shower?
Things that have fallen on the floor you can't reach.
What is use your grabber or ask someone to pick it up?
Ìf you can't sit down when you are dizzy or weak what 2 other things can you do.
What hold on to something sturdy close by you and call for help?
Where you should hold your walker.
What is by the handles of the walker and not the front bar of the walker?
The parts of the wheelchair you should either swing away or remove them out of your way before you stand up
What are the foot rests?
What you can use to make showering easier when seated on a shower chair or tub transfer bench.
What is a handheld showerhead or a longhandled bath sponge?
To keep from falling when trying to reach objects you cannot reach, you should not stand on ______.
What are chairs, beds, sofas?
Wait a few seconds upon standing before you take the first step and hold onto stable surface.
What is what to do if you have a history of becoming dizzy upon standing?
What is important to remember when using your rollator?
What is locking your brakes before sitting on rollator seat?