Ambulance Transit Chairs
Transit chairs are primarily used to transport persons across level surfaces to a place of safety
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Transit Chairs are a modern version of Patient Transport Chairs used by
Hospitals and Ambulance services, they can be used to carry patients up or down
the stairs. You do need to consider that it will require physical effort to
perform this. It can be used by 2, 3 or 4 people dependant on the person who is
being evacuated. Because of the lifting and Manual Handling involved, it is
recommended that full Risk Assessment and PEEP should be carried out.
Used by
Emergency Services around the world and by organisations who want to comply
with current legislation, the chairs have a lift capacity of up to 120kg.
One area
Transit chairs can be found is in basement areas to help support evacuation up
stairs to ground level. This is particularly useful if there is no lift that
can be used safely in an emergency. Also staircases that may require you to up
and down to reach safety may be more suited to this chair. A good Risk
Assessment will help you identify all the points you need to consider. You may
want to consider our Tracked
Evacuation Chairs which are specially designed with stairway
evacuations in mind and can be manoeuvred by just one person.
