Samarit Transglide Accident and Emergency Transfer Board

Working in tight spaces such as ambulances often makes lateral transfers difficult and uncomfortable for everyone involved. The Samarit Transglide Accident and Emergency Transfer Board is made to be exceptionally robust and durable, while flexible enough to curve around seats of vehicles and adapt to an individual’s body shape with ease. Moreover, it features a high-slip surface, which makes sliding the patient over even smoother.

Features and Benefits of the Samarit Transglide

• Designed for safe and easy lateral transfers in tight spaces
• Extremely robust, made of anti-shatter HDPE materials
• Scratch resistant and non-brittle for extra patient safety
• Bends around the contours of the patient for sitting transfers
• Able to curve around the seats of vehicles
• High-slip surface enables easier patient transfers
• Can be cleaned with any cleaning agent for infection control
• Non-toxic, which means no poisonous fumes in case of fire
• Lightweight, thin and highly flexible

Using the Samarit Transglide Transfer Board

The Samarit Transglide Lateral Transfer Board has an interesting shape, which means that it fits around a person much better than a conventional transfer board, while its low profile also makes it easier to put under a patient and remove. Its ultra-low weight, high-slip surface and back safety strips make it comfortable for the carers as well as the patient. Watch the video below to learn how to perform a surface-to-surface transfer.

Most Common Areas of Use

This highly flexible Accident and Emergency Transfer Board is perfect for bridging a gap between two lying surfaces and transferring patients across from one to the other. It can be used in all areas of healthcare where lateral transfers are frequent or probable, and it is especially ideal for:

• Care homes
• Emergency surfaces
• Hospices
• Nursing homes