Please note: When you install a shower stool, seat or chair into a shower with a shower tray, or into a bath, you must ensure that the shower tray/bath is Shower screens and enclosures can be either wall fixed or portable and can be used in a range of walk-in showers or wet rooms. Armrests provide support while you are seated, but should not be used to help you stay in the chair. If, without the arm supports, you would slide or fall, then you require a more supportive system. You are advised to seek advice from an occupational therapist. Bath boards may not fit baths with irregular shaped sides, corner tiling etc. If this is a problem then a wall-mounted bath board may be an option. The lifting mechanism is either manual or mains powered, controlled by the bather or a carer using a handset.

When the request is made, many different departments get to work to make the airline stretcher transport possible. All the necessary pieces of the puzzle need to fall into place, and it is the airline and the aeromedical transport company who will ultimately decide when the patient can be transported. Even for urgent patient transport requests, this can all take a few days, up to a week. Delays can occur if the patient is not stable enough to fly, or if flights are limited to a certain destination. For example, no North American carriers like Air Canada, WestJet, United, Delta, or American offer stretchers on their flights. For that reason alone, a stretcher is never an option on a commercial flight from, let’s say, Ontario to British Columbia or from California to Florida. A method of assembly of a sofa base, the sofa base being rectangular with two elongate frame members with inwardly facing surfaces and two shorter end frame members, the method comprising: Depending on the kind and design of the alternative bath, you are advised to consider the need for installing additional grab rails. And when it comes to long-distance patient transfers, for example, on international transatlantic or transpacific routes, larger “heavy” jets can bridge the distance with only a few fuel stops.Bath seats are sometimes used on their own, without a bath board. You need to be able to step safely into the bath and position yourself onto the seat. After bathing you will need the strength to push yourself up to standing from the seat. Standard first-aid protocol dictates that you should leave a victim in the position in which they are found until emergency personnel arrive. When help is not on the way, however, this might eventually become impractical or impossible.

Bath taps should not be used as a support to pull up on when getting out of the bath - most will not be strong enough to withstand a person’s weight. Strategically positioned grab rails should be used instead. Although many cubicles are installed with sealed shower doors to minimise water spillage into the surrounding area, a pump will often be added to draw the water actively towards the drain. It is advisable to have some waterproof flooring immediately outside the area of the cubicle. If hot water used for showering or bathing is above 44 °C there is increased risk of serious injury or fatality, especially where large areas of the body are exposed to high temperatures.

Some boards are designed with integral handgrips which may be useful when moving onto and off the board. Some boards have a cut-away section or a dip at the front to make personal cleaning easier. Alternatively you could replace your taps with lever taps. These are easier to turn as the lever can be pushed/pulled to operate the tap. On most the lever only needs to turn a quarter of the way around the tap to go from off to fully on.