No place is safer and more comfortable than a home. If the person can resume or continue his treatment from the home then, it is the best option to shift them to their home from hospital. the most important thing you need is the right hospital bed for the home. The main purpose of the hospital bed is to provide a stable, safe and comfortable environment for the patient to rest, heal, recover and receive care at home. Electric hospital bed is very important in the view of greater security and positional versatility, allowing the necessary adjustment of raised and lowered the height of the bed for head and foot sections.
There are the vast range and variety of electric bed for hospital according to different styles, sizes and designs. It is very important to choose the right electric bed for patient or your loved one. Here are details of the electrical bed for patient helping you to make your decision with confidence. There are mainly three types of hospital beds.
1. Manual hospital beds
There is lack of electric adjustment capabilities in the manual hospital beds for patient. There is a hand crank located at the foot or head of the bed for the position’s adjustment of the head and foot. These beds are available at the lower price than the electric hospital bed for the patient. The patients who do not need too much positioning adjustment can buy manual beds. An assistant may be needed to operate the crank.
2. Semi-Electric Hospital Beds
In these types’ hospital beds, head and foot sections of the bed can be adjusted electrically and the height of the bed can be adjusted manually with the crank. These beds come between the world of electric hospital bed and manual hospital beds. These beds are perfect for who needs little position adjustment but can’t afford the expensive electrical hospital beds. It can be easily operated by the patient without taking help of anyone. These beds are difficult to operate for manual height adjustments.
3. Electric Hospital Beds
All types of adjustment are easier to make both for the patients and caregivers with the fully electric hospital beds. Currently all hospital and care homes are using fully electric hospital beds for medical facilities. Only with a touch of button all the required adjustments can be made by the patient independently. It can be easily used in any care environment according to the need of the patient. These hospital beds are very expensive to purchase.
Important feature to think about before choose hospital bed for home
1. Positioning options
The most important feature of the hospital bed is that it has all the poisoning adjustment according to the need of the patient. It must have various options such as the ability to raise and lower the back or feet.
2. Side Rails
To prevent the patient from failing out of bed it is very important that hospital bed is featured with the bed rails. Side rails also provide help as support for move in and out of the bed. bed rails are also a good source of stability while transfer the patient on and off the beds surface. They can be extended down or up for less coverage.
3. Bed scales
If there is a need to weighted the patient on regular basis for medical reason then you should choose the bed which have built in bed scale that allows the patient within to be weighted without having to transfer them.
4. Storage
Modern hospital beds offer added storage space to help the patient and caregiver to store supplies like remotes, books, bed pans, incontinence supplies, gloves etc.
5. Bed trapeze
Bed trapeze is a great solution for added support transferring in and out of the bed to patients. It either be attached to the bed frame or on its own base for strength and versatility. There is a handle hang over the head section of the bed to offer stability when repositioning the patient or transferring out of or into the bed.
The bottom line- Mentok healthcare has the latest technology electric hospital beds that are designed by the skilled engineers. The main purpose of the hospital bed is to provide a stable, safe and comfortable environment for the patient to rest, heal, recover and receive care at home. Electric hospital bed is very important in the view of greater security and positional versatility, allowing the necessary adjustment of raised and lowered the height of the bed for head and foot sections.
