Hubby fell...how do I get him up?

[Alpha Romeo]

Move hubby so that he is sitting facing away from you, or if he's laying, so that his head is toward you and feet away.

Reach under his armpits and raise his upper body to sitting, then slid your arms under his armpits from behind.

You must be in a squatting position, if he is too heavy for you, you won't be able to lift him. Rise from your squat, you are then lifting him with your legs, your arms are just jammed into his armpits they are not doing the work, nor is your back.

If he is still too heavy for you using this method, then he's just plain too heavy for you and you need help.

I've carried passed out drunks this way who outweighed me by over a hundred pounds, but hubby may still be too much for you.

This is terrible advice. If a person has fallen, call for help. It's too much of a risk to do more damage if you move them.

 

[LaxScrutiny]

Move hubby so that he is sitting facing away from you, or if he's laying, so that his head is toward you and feet away.

Reach under his armpits and raise his upper body to sitting, then slid your arms under his armpits from behind.

You must be in a squatting position, if he is too heavy for you, you won't be able to lift him. Rise from your squat, you are then lifting him with your legs, your arms are just jammed into his armpits they are not doing the work, nor is your back.

If he is still too heavy for you using this method, then he's just plain too heavy for you and you need help.

I've carried passed out drunks this way who outweighed me by over a hundred pounds, but hubby may still be too much for you.

This is terrible advice. If a person has fallen, call for help. It's too much of a risk to do more damage if you move them.

The OP is married to the person and lives with them and seems to deal with this regularly. The hubby wasn't unconscious or paralysed, this apparently is something they have to deal with. She uses her best judgement. She is there, you are not. She asked for a method of how to lift someone, I gave it.

As the hubby was able to crawl to the bedroom and lift himself eventually, nothing I described would have injured him.

 

[Alpha Romeo]

Move hubby so that he is sitting facing away from you, or if he's laying, so that his head is toward you and feet away.

Reach under his armpits and raise his upper body to sitting, then slid your arms under his armpits from behind.

You must be in a squatting position, if he is too heavy for you, you won't be able to lift him. Rise from your squat, you are then lifting him with your legs, your arms are just jammed into his armpits they are not doing the work, nor is your back.

If he is still too heavy for you using this method, then he's just plain too heavy for you and you need help.

I've carried passed out drunks this way who outweighed me by over a hundred pounds, but hubby may still be too much for you.

This is terrible advice. If a person has fallen, call for help. It's too much of a risk to do more damage if you move them.

The OP is married to the person and lives with them and seems to deal with this regularly. The hubby wasn't unconscious or paralysed, this apparently is something they have to deal with. She uses her best judgement. She is there, you are not. She asked for a method of how to lift someone, I gave it.

As the hubby was able to crawl to the bedroom and lift himself eventually, nothing I described would have injured him.

Doesn't matter if they are unconscious or paralyzed. Moving a fall victim the wrong way can result in both. That's why I and others advised getting professional help. Your advice may work for drunks but for injured persons its a bad idea.

 

[ancientone51]

I did try to get behind him and lift the way described above.
But between the slipperiness and weight, it didn't work.

I appreciate all of the advice. Daughter and I have discussed it with hubby and have decided to 1. Keep the door to the bathroom open to keep it from getting too hot in the small bathroom. 2. If it is just as this last one and he is okay, just on the floor, we will keep him comfy and let him get himself up when he can. 3. Call for help if it is indicated, which it truly wasn't on Friday.

As one of the posters has said, we've dealt with some of this stuff before. It was the heat in the bathroom, the slipperiness and such that had us rattled this time. He is fine, sore as you are when you've overdone an exercise routine.

And as someone suggested, I may look into some sort of class on how to do these things. It seems just when we get a fair length of time under our belts with no big problems, he has something crop up. But we're hanging in there, 27 years in August. And the input and help on this site is one of the things that gets us through it.
Thanks again.