{"id":1051,"date":"2016-09-14T06:22:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T10:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2016-09-14T06:22:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T10:22:13","slug":"september-14-new-wheel-chair-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1051","title":{"rendered":"September 14 \u2013 New Wheel Chair Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"September 14 \u2013 New Wheel Chair Design\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1051\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/091416_1022_September141.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:14pt\">Recently our hospital placed new wheelchairs in service.  These new chairs are different from the ones I used 20 years with my parents.  They have ergonomic adjustments for the person in the chair.  They are easier to steer and have built in compartments for oxygen tanks and a pole for hanging IV bags.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:14pt\">I was shocked, I thought all the improvements in wheelchairs had been in the motorized type.  I asked the staff that were using the chairs if they liked them.  Everyone I asked said they were a big improvement over the previous design.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:14pt\">Often when a product is &#8220;new &amp; improved&#8221; I am suspicious.  But in this case the changes are all changes for the better.  It was a reminder to me that just because we have done something the same way forever, that does not mean that an improvement is not waiting out there to be discovered.  I hope you are able to discover some improvements that truly make the work you do easier and better!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently our hospital placed new wheelchairs in service. These new chairs are different from the ones I used 20 years with my parents. They have ergonomic adjustments for the person in the chair. They are easier to steer and have built in compartments for oxygen tanks and a pole for hanging IV bags. I was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1051\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">September 14 \u2013 New Wheel Chair Design<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}