Japanese caregivers showing how to safely lift an elderly patient and get them seated



    by bigbusta

    17 Comments

    1. Academic-Emu8215 on

      As others have said: Works for Japanese people or other rather light weighted people, but surely not for 150 Kg persons. Then you would need two ambulances: one for the elderly person and the other for the fractured femur of the caregiver 😅🤣

    2. GiveMeSumChonChon on

      Japanese caregivers gonna be like 20% of the workforce under 65 in a couple decades.

    3. In America, we have a one-button solution called Life Alert.

      “Help. I’ve fallen and I can’t get up”

    4. I can barely get myself off the floor if I go down fully on my ass, no way I’m lifting another person back up along with me 😆

    5. When I was in college back in the early 80’s I was staying with my grandparents one week. My grandfather got stung by a wasp and he was really allergic. He passed out and the quickest way to get him treatment was to take him to the Doc in a Box that was only a few blocks away. He weighed about 340 lbs. I was doing some powerlifting at the time and it was everything I had to get him into the bed of the pickup truck. When we got to the urgent care place they said just bring him in and I said that’s not happening. They went out to the truck and gave him a shot and he recovered in about 15 minutes. It is incredibly hard to pick up an unconscious person especially when they outweigh you by 100 lbs.

    6. It’s a Turkish Get-up! This is the first time I’ve seen it used practically, so cool!

    7. ThrowMeAfterPosting on

      I’ve got two bulging discs in my lumbar spine. This is how I pick up my toddler when we’re playing on the floor to avoid further back pain. 

    8. thrown2themoon on

      This would never work on many fat-🍑 Americans. Some weigh more than 300lbs, and they’re only 26 years old.

      Ask me how I know.

      *disabled Paramedic*

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