Adaptive Sit Skis: Transferring

Video Transcript

"Now that we have a little bit more information on the sit ski, the next thing we have to do is; Cara today is going to be our participant and pretend Cara has; is actually in a wheel chair, and she wants to use the sit ski. The thing we have to figure out is how do we help transfer Cara to the sit ski. So, Patrick and I are going to help Cara transfer from her wheel chair to the sit ski, and there's things; some things you want to keep in mind when doing a transfer. One is; always ask the participant the best way you can help him. You do this for several reasons. 1. It goes back to people first language and 2. It's respectful and 3. A lot of times somebody in a wheelchair, already knows the best way that; to transfer; what works best for them, and also you might run into a few people with disabilities that can transfer themselves. You just want to be here for support. So, keeping that stuff in mind, something else you want to keep in mind is when transferring somebody, you want to take the shortest path possible. So, I'm going to pull the sit ski as close to Cara as possible; makes for a shorter transfer distance. And then, also, I want to use my leg muscles, because they're the strongest muscles in my body, and lastly, I'm also going to have Patrick help me transfer because it's really hard, and it's also unsafe to try to transfer someone by yourself. So, the way I'm going to transfer Cara is I'm going to squat down behind her and put my arms underneath her arms when she's locking on to her own wrist, and then I'm going to grab onto her wrist. Patrick's going to hold on underneath her knees and on the count of three, we're going to pick her up together. So, everybody wants to be ready to go at the same time and comfortable doing this. So, one, two, three an that's a transfer."