Caregivers:

When helping someone apply the EZ Lift Vest, always tell them what you are doing so they are not startled.

 

How to Apply the EZ Lift Vest

• With the elbow bent, guide the patient's arm through the arm opening

• Using the adjustable chest and waist contour straps, loop the straps through the rings and comfortably secure in place (view back of garment)

• Zip in place

• Using the adjustable back contour straps, comfortably secure in place

• The contour straps provide a tapered, snug and secured fit during transfer maneuvers

• Ensure the contour straps are applied comfortably, and not secured too tightly

 

As an alternative to bending the elbow

• Place the patient's arm through the arm opening

• Position the vest across the patient's back

• In the same manner as putting on a blouse or shirt, lower the vest to the waist and guide the patient's opposite arm through the arm opening

  

For Caregivers: Applying the EZ Lift Vest on a Stroke Survivor

• Place the patient's affected arm in the arm opening first

• Wrap the EZ Lift Vest across the back

• With the elbow bent, guide the patient's unaffected arm through the arm opening

 

As an alternative to bending the elbow

• Place the patient's affected arm through the arm opening first

• Position the vest across the patient's back.

• In the same manner as putting on a blouse or shirt, lower the vest to the waist and guide the patient's unaffected arm through the arm opening

 

For a Stroke Survivor: Tips on How to Apply the 

EZ Lift Vest

• Use your unaffected arm to dress the affected side first.

• To undress, remove the EZ Lift Vest from the unaffected side first, then the affected side.