Power Drives; Ascending Stairs - Ki Mobility Ethos Manual De Instrucciones

D. Riding Your Wheelchair (Continued)
To minimize these risks:
1. Keep a lookout for danger-scan the area well ahead of your chair as you ride.
2. Make sure the floor areas where you live and work are level and free of obstacles.
3. Remove or cover threshold strips between rooms.
4. Install a ramp at entry or exit doors. Make sure there is not a drop off at the bottom of the
ramp.
5. To Help Adjust Your Center of Balance:
a. Lean your upper body FORWARD slightly as you go UP over an obstacle.
b. Press your upper body BACKWARD as you go DOWN from a higher to a lower
level.
6. If your chair has anti-tip tubes, lock them in place before you go UP over an obstacle.
7. Keep both of your hands on the handrims as you go over an obstacle.
8. Never push or pull on an object (such as furniture or a doorjamb) to propel your chair.
9. Do not operate your wheelchair on roads, streets or highways other than marked cross
walks.
10. Do not attempt to push over obstacles without assistance.
E. Power Drives
WARNING: Do not attach unapproved external power drive systems to your chair. Use of an
unapproved external power drive system could result in mechanical failure of the chair or cause
a fall, tip-over or loss of control. A fall, tip-over or loss of control could result in damage to your
chair or in severe injury or death.
Ki Mobility does not recommend the installation of power drive systems on any Ethos wheelchair.
Ethos wheelchairs have not been designed or tested as power wheelchairs. If you add a power drive
system to an Ethos wheelchair, be sure the manufacturer of the power drive system has validated
and approved the combination of the power drive system and Ethos wheelchair as safe and
effective.
F. Ascending Stairs
NOTE: Have at least two people, who have sufficient strength and skill to handle the weight of
the user and wheelchair, assist when trying to go up a set of stairs in this wheelchair.
• Move the wheelchair and user backwards up the stairs.
• Position one person behind the user, one person in front. The person in front must hold onto
a non-removable part of the wheelchair.
• The rear attendant tilts the chair back and they both lift together. Take one step at a time.
• This may require the anti-tips be flipped up or removed. Make sure the anti-tips are
reattached or flipped back down before using the wheelchair.
IV. WARNINGS
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