T/GXAS 872-2024 Wheelchair Use Techniques for Medical Nursing Assistants
T/GXAS 872-2024 Wheelchair Use Techniques for Medical Nursing Assistants
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Scope
Scope: This document defines the terms and definitions related to the wheelchair use techniques for medical caregivers, and stipulates the indications and contraindications, assessment, wheelchair transfer, wheelchair use, precautions, and requirements for emergency response for wheelchair use techniques for medical caregivers. This document applies to the manual wheelchair use for patients with hemiplegia, paraplegia, and tetraplegia by medical caregivers, as well as those with bone and joint diseases, lower limb disabilities, or functional impairment or loss of one or both lower limbs/all limbs due to old age or frailty. The requirements can be referenced separately for patients with hemiplegia/paraplegia/tetraplegia. Main technical content: This document defines the terms and definitions related to the wheelchair use techniques for medical caregivers, and stipulates the indications and contraindications, assessment, wheelchair transfer, wheelchair use, precautions, and requirements for emergency response for wheelchair use techniques for medical caregivers. This document applies to the manual wheelchair use for patients with hemiplegia, paraplegia, and tetraplegia by medical caregivers, as well as those with bone and joint diseases, lower limb disabilities, or functional impairment or loss of one or both lower limbs/all limbs due to old age or frailty. The requirements can be referenced separately for patients with hemiplegia/paraplegia/tetraplegia.