Assistive Devices for Patient Mobility and Support
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A chair with a toilet seat which can be wheeled over the toilet/ commode chair.
A stick with a piece that fits under your arm to help injured or disabled people walk/ crutches.
A piece of wood with a handle which helps patients move themselves in bed/ hand block.
A belt which helps support patients when standing/ handling sling.
A device to lift patients/ hoist.
A triangular bar which hangs over a hospital bed to help a patient lift themselves/ monkey pole.
Extremely overweight/ obese.
A flat board which helps nurses transfer patients from one bed to another/ patient slide.
Rehabilitation; treatment which helps patients to relearn skills after an injury or stroke/ rehab.
A cord ladder placed at the end of the bed which a patient uses to move from lying to sitting up/ rope ladder.
A special fabric sheet that makes moving immobile or obese patients easier/ slide sheet.
A metal or wood stick which helps injured or disabled people walk/ walking stick.
A chair with wheels that an injured or disabled person sits in/ wheelchair.
Translations:
- Crutches: muletas
- Walking stick: bastón
- Walking frame: andador
- Walking frame with wheels: andador con ruedas
- Wheelchair: silla de ruedas
- Commode chair: silla para hacer necesidades
- Hoist: grua
- Monkey pole: barra de mono
- Slide sheet: sabana deslizante
- Rope ladder: escalera de cuerda