Patient turner-puller

A method for pulling a patient horizontally on a bed, the method comprising:

• having the patient lie on a slide sheet on the bed, the slide sheet having a low friction coating on an underside of the slide sheet, the slide sheet having a plurality of loops on all sides;
• having two or more pull-straps each with a first end and a second end, with clips attached to the first end;
• attaching each of the clips to one of the plurality of loops at a head side of the patient on the bed, the loops chosen being equally spaced from the patients sides;
• having a pull rod with a motor system, attached to a post of the bed or a wall at the head side of the patient, the pull rod being attached at a height equal to a level of the patient;
• attaching the second end of the pull straps to the pull rod;
• rotating the pull rod in a pull direction using the motor system, by placing a pull-release switch to a pull position and depressing a push to engage safety switch, that is a push-on release-off switch that has to be kept depressed for the motor system to operate, the safety switch providing additional safety to the patient during puller operation;
• rolling up the pull straps on the pull rod applies a horizontal pull force to the pull-straps and there from to the slide sheet, pulling up the slide sheet on the bed, thereby moving the patient horizontally up on his bed.

A method for pulling a patient horizontally on a bed, the apparatus comprising:

• having the patient lying on a slide sheet with a low friction coating on an underside of the slide sheet having a plurality of loops on all sides of the slide sheet;
• having a rod with a pulley system, located substantially at a level of the patient on the bed;
• having a pull rod attached to a motor system, attached at a higher level than the patient, to a bedpost, to a wall or to a ceiling above the head side of the bed, to rotate the pull rod in a pull direction when a pull-release switch is turned to a pull position and depressing a push on release off safety switch for further controlling the operation of the motor system;
• attaching two or more pull-straps having a first end and a second end, with clips at the first end to the plurality of loops at the head side of the slide sheet, the clip being attached to the loops on the head side of the patient to provide a uniform pull on the slide sheet;
• attaching the second end of the pull-straps to the pull rod after passing under pulleys of the pulley system;
• rolling the pull rod by turning the motor on to roll and pull the slide sheet and the patient horizontally on the bed with the pull-release switch turned on to the pull position, and depressing the safety switch;
• the rolling pull rod pulls and rolls up the pull-straps to exert the necessary pull force on the slide sheet via the connected pull-straps rolling under the pulleys of the pulley system to pull up and move the patient horizontally on the bed.