A good bed is a “must have” bedroom fixture whether you are recovering from an illness or just need a good night’s rest after a long hard day. This is especially true in a medical facility where patients are in need of beds that provide adequate support and comfort conducive to quality rest and fast recovery. A bed is typically composed of a foam mattress and a rigid bed frame. In a hospital environment, the head and leg sides of the bed can either be manually or electrically adjusted to allow the patient to sit, recline or lie down without any effort on his part. A manually operated hospital bed can be adjusted using two cranks located at the lower leg side, while an electric hospital bed is powered by an electric motor that lifts or lowers the head or leg side of the bed frame.
An electric hospital bed offers much needed comfort to the patient. At the flick of a button on the remote control panel, he can adjust the position of either his legs or upper torso to an angle he feels most comfortable with to allow him to eat his meals, read a book or watch TV. At the flick of the button, he can also bring the bed to a full reclining position to allow him to get his much needed bed rest-and in the process, hasten his recuperation. Most importantly, an electric hospital bed reduces his dependence on the muscle power of hospital staff and caregivers to turn the cranks every time he needs to adjust the position of his bed. An electrically powered hospital bed also comes as a blessing to nurses and caregivers as they do not have to be called in by the patient every now and then to adjust the bed.
Just like a regular bed, a modern electric hospital bed comes in different sizes and is just as comfortable “with one basic difference” it provides the ultimate convenience of allowing the patient to achieve different positions at the flick of a button. Newer models even have the capability to allow the patient to adjust the firmness of the mattress, or adjust the height of the bed itself to allow the patient to easily climb out of the bed whenever he feels like going to the bathroom. This reduces the risk of patient injury resulting from falls when climbing in or out of hospital beds that are more often than not higher than normal to facilitate medical examination of the patient.
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