Help Prevent Wheelchair Falls With Automatic Brakes/Locks
Patented automatic wheelchair brakes/locks help prevent falls in wheelchair
users who cannot or do not consistently lock the manual brakes on their
wheelchairs. Alzheimer or dementia patients, post-stroke victims or
persons on mind altering- medications are particularly susceptible to
injuries due to wheelchair related falls. For these patients-the automatic
wheelchair wheel locks/brakes are a must.
A product long overdue:
Physician Grady Dugas, the inventor of the automatic wheelchair locks/brakes,
saw a crying need for the automatic locks/brakes while treating patients
in nursing homes. "My phone was ringing often. I would go to the nursing
home and there would be the patient, lying on the floor, one leg turned
in and shorter than the other and the wheelchair behind him. He had
broken a hip! Some patients fall repeatedly, often injuring themselves
seriously getting into or out of their wheelchairs. They do not remember
to engage the wheelchairs' manual locks/brakes consistently. The wheelchairs
roll away from them. Often these injuries change the quality of the
rest of the patients' lives," said Dr. Dugas. To help these people,
the wheelchair brakes need to be automatic. |