You have received a patient from the nursing floor who needs to be transferred by way of a hydraulic lift.The patient arrives at the medical imaging department on a cart without a transfer sling.To proceed with a safe lift,you should
A)set up the patient in a transfer sling.
B)roll the patient over onto a transfer sling.
C)improvise using a sheet as a transfer sling.
D)call the nursing floor and return the patient to be placed on a sling.

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Prior arrangements should be made with the nursing staff to have patients needing hydraulic lift transfers arrive in the radiology department sitting on a transfer sling.If the patient arrives without a sling,call the nursing staff and discuss the need for a sling.One option is to send the patient back to the floor and have the patient return sitting on the sling.

You Have Received a Patient from the Nursing Floor Who