THE ALBANY-MEDICAL-COLLEGE VENTILATOR WALKER

This report describes the design and use of a wheeled walker that can accommodate a ventilator and oxygen tanks. It is constructed of alumin um tubing. The front of the walker has receptacles to support a Mark 7 Bird Ventilator and oxygen tanks. The back end of the walker has a be nch seat that is lifted to allow entry into the walker. The seat provi des rigidity and stability to the frame of the walker. The walker has been used in the Medical Intensive Care Unit of the Albany Medical Cen ter to facilitate early ambulation of patients who are ventilator depe ndent or who require a portable source of oxygen to begin ambulation t raining. (C) 1996 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.