Design and Application Research of Front Shifting and Side-holding Shifting Methods by Multi-mode Patient Lifting Device

• Main Authors: LIU,HO-JIN, 劉和錦
• Other Authors: LIN,TSUNG-YI
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/w86jae

碩士 === 南臺科技大學 === 機械工程系 === 106 === Aiming at the multi-mode patient lifting device with a holding module, the shifting method of a lower limb disabled person is designed and applied in this study. First, research on existing bare-hand shifting methods is analyzed. The transfer of a patient lifting device is further studied, aiming at time and strength saving, to develop front shifting and side-holding shifting methods for nurse aides protecting the safety of disabled people as well as reducing the occupational injury. A normal person is further simulated as a sick person for the shifting experiment. The man-machine-environment system is used for analyzing the potential problems at each step and finding out the solutions. The test result, with a normal person as the simulation case, shows the operation time for leaving a bed and a wheelchair, with the front shifting method, 2’7” and 1’46”, respectively, and the operation time for leaving a bed and a shower chair, with the side-holding shifting method, 1’54” and 1’42”, respectively. According to the film screenshot to make the shifting process data, the education and training manual is developed as the guidance for nurse aides. Eventually, cases with lower limb disabilities are preceded the clinical experiment in the field to prove the practicability of the front shifting and the side-holding shifting methods. Three participants are tested the front shifting, where the average time for leaving a bed and a wheelchair appears 2’58” and 2’35”, respectively. Another four participants are proceeded the side-holding experiment, where the average time for leaving a bed and a shower chair is 3’4” and 1’45”, respectively. The operation time is correlated with the nurse aides’ familiarity with the shifting methods and the disability degree of cases. Overall speaking, “front and side-holding shifting methods” could effectively solve the shifting problems among beds, wheelchairs, and shower chairs. The large reduction of operation time could enhance the shifting efficiency, improve nurse aides’ working environment and cases’ safety, as well as largely reduce nurse aides’ occupational injuries.