Operating The Bed; General Safety Information; Operating The Hand Control; Locking Function - Invacare Etude Plus Manuel D'utilisation

4 Operating the bed

4.1 General Safety Information

WARNING!
Risk of personal injury and damage to property.
– The bed must be placed so that the height adjustment
is not obstructed by, for example, lifts or furniture.
– Take care that no body parts are being squeezed
between fixed parts (such as side rails, bed ends etc)
and moving parts.
– The hand control must not be used by children.
WARNING!
Risk of injury
If the bed is used by confused or restless users or users
with spasms:
– either, when the bed is equipped with a lockable hand
control, lock the hand control functions,
– or make sure that the hand control is out of reach for
the user.

4.2 Operating the hand control

The hand control can be equipped with three (HB83/HL83) or four
(HB84/HL84) buttons to operate the electrical functions of the bed.
Backrest section
1. Up: press left side of the button (p).
2. Down: press right side of the button (q).
Thigh section
1. Up: press left side of the button (p).
2. Down: press right side of the button (q).
Height adjustment
1. Up: press left side of the button (p).
2. Down: press right side of the button (q).
Tilt function (HB84/HL84)
CAUTION!
Risk of fatal injury
Tilting with head end down can have fatal effect on users
who are sensitive for increased blood pressure in the
upper part of the body.
– Only medically trained persons must operate the tilt
function.
– Always perform a medical evaluation, before tilting
the bed with the user's lower extremities positioned
higher than the heart.
– The tilt function is NOT a Trendelenburger function
and must not be used for medical treatment.
1. Head end up: press left side of the button (p).
2. Foot end up: press right side of the button (q).
If the bed is equipped with anti-tilt function only, tilting with the foot
end up is not possible:
1. Head end up: press left side of the button (p).
2. Horizontal position: bring the bed either all the
way up or all the way down by using the height
adjustment button.
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4.2.1 Locking function

The locking function (optional) prevents usage of certain function
buttons. Regardless of how many buttons your hand control has,
they can all be locked individually.
Lock: Insert key A in the key hole, below the wanted function
1.
and turn it clockwise.
Unlock: Insert key A in the key hole, below the wanted function
2.
and turn it anti clockwise.

4.3 Castors and brakes

CAUTION!
Risk of trapping/squeezing
All brakes are foot-operated.
– Do not release the brake with the fingers.
CAUTION!
Risk of injury
User can fall, while entering or exiting the bed, if brakes
are not locked.
– Always lock the brakes before the user is moving in or
out of bed or when attending to the user.
– At least one castor at the head end and one castor in
the foot end must be locked.
Castors might make marks on different types of absorbing
floor surfaces - such as untreated or badly treated floors. To
prevent marks, Invacare® recommends to place a suitable
kind of protection between the castors and the floor.

4.3.1 Castor brake

Locking the brake
Step on the outer pedal A.
Unlocking the brake
Push up the release button B.
Operating the bed
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