Operating The Bed; Operating The Castor Brakes; Side Rails; Operating The Hand Control Unit - Invacare Sonata Manual Del Usuario

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4 Operating the bed

4.1 Operating the castor brakes

Each of the castors is provided with brakes for both lengthwise and
crosswise locking. The brakes are foot-operated.
When the bed is positioned correctly, at least one castor at the head
end and one castor at the foot end must be braked.
WARNING!
Risk of injury
– The bed's castors must be locked whilst nursing a
patient in bed or when using any positioning function.
– The bed's castors must be locked when the patient
moving in or out of the bed.
CAUTION!
Risk of trapping
– Do not release the brake with the fingers.
1. 2.
1. For braking, step on the pedal
2. For releasing the brake, step on the release pedal
Set-off from the castors might under special conditions
appear at different types of absorbing floor covering including
untreated or badly treated floors. In matters of doubt, it's
recommended to place a suitable kind of protection between
the castors and the floor.

4.2 Side rails

WARNING!
Risk of entrapment or suffocation
There's a risk of entrapment of suffocation between
mattress support, side rail and bed end.
– Always ensure correct fitting of the side rails.
WARNING!
Risk of entrapment
There's a risk of entrapment of suffocation between
mattress support, side rail and bed end.
– When using side rails, always make sure that the
distance between the bed end and the side rail's handle
upper edge is less than 6 cm in the head end and more
than 32 cm in the foot end of the bed.
A sticker is placed on the side rail to indicate the minimum space
between side rail and the head end of the bed:
CAUTION!
There's a risk of entrapment of fingers on assembly and
operation of the side rail.
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Mounting, dismounting and operating
The side rail must be mounted according to the separate mounting
instruction for the chosen side rail.
CAUTION!
If the side rail is not locked properly it can fall down.
– Pull/push the top bar of the side rail to ensure that the
locking mechanism is properly engaged.

4.3 Operating the hand control unit

p
Move up (press left side of corresponding button)
q
Move down (press right side of corresponding button)
A
Backrest adjustment
B Thigh section adjustment
C Sitting position adjustment
1. Use the buttons on the hand control to operate the electrical
functions of the bed.

4.4 Operating the bed functions manually

If the bed is configured for manual operation, it's not equipped with
a hand control unit, but with a crank, positioned at the foot end of
the bed.
The two-section bed has one crank to operate the head section. The
four-section bed has one crank to operate the head section and one
crank to operate the thigh section.
1. UP: Turn the crank handle clockwise
2. DOWN: Turn the crank handle counterclockwise
WARNING!
Do not use the crank if an extra weight, apart
from the user, is placed on the bed.
A
B
C
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