Air‑assisted transfer devices

For lateral transfers while lying down: the client lies on the mattress while the client and mattress are transferred between two adjacent surfaces, and air‑assisted lifting devices. A lateral transfer air mattress can be used as an alternative to a transfer board and slide sheets. The mattresses are effective for reducing friction, and thus the load on carers during lateral transfers. 

Air‑assisted lifting devices, or ‘jacks’, can be used to raise clients from the floor to bed or stretcher level by pumping air into an air mattress with multiple layers, which expand vertically as more air is pumped in. The jacks can be very useful for lifting fallen clients from the floor. This is an example of an air jack that lifts clients in a sitting position. 

All types of air‑assisted device require carers to steady the client, and an air pump 

Air‑assisted lifting devices, or ‘jacks’, can be used to raise clients from the floor to bed or stretcher level by pumping air into an air mattress with multiple layers, which expand vertically as more air is pumped in. The jacks can be very useful for lifting fallen clients from the floor. This is an exapmle of a ‘Hoverjack’ that lifts clients in a lying position from the floor to bed height.

All types of air‑assisted device require carers to steady the client, and an air pump