Hospital beds are specialized, fully adjustable beds with rails and control panels for medical procedures. They can be leased or purchased for home use and require electricity to operate.
A hospital bed is a specialized bed that has been designed to meet the needs of the hospital environment. There are a number of features that distinguish a hospital bed from a regular bed, and these features also tend to make hospital beds more expensive. Sometimes, people need hospital beds for home use, usually because they are caring for invalids. Most commonly, these beds are leased from companies that maintain medical equipment for this purpose, although they can also be purchased.
The most distinctive feature of a hospital bed is that it is fully adjustable. Hospital beds typically can be adjusted in a variety of ways to support a patient’s back, make it easier to perform procedures, and for a variety of other purposes. A basic hospital bed can be divided into two sections which can be raised in a variety of ways, and more sophisticated beds have additional sections for the purpose of making very fine adjustments to meet a patient’s specific needs.
Hospital beds also typically have rails, designed to keep patients from rolling over. These guides can be raised and lowered to perform procedures or to make patients feel more comfortable. Lowering the side rails also allows hospital staff to transfer patients from beds to stretchers, such as those used to transport patients to the operating room for procedures. Many hospital beds are also mobile so that patients can be transferred with minimal disturbance.
Typically the headboard of a hospital bed has a control panel that allows hospital staff to make changes to the bed. Patients can also use the control panel to do things like call a nurse in an emergency. The bed may also have poles for the purpose of hanging IV fluid bags and may include drawers for storing various tools needed for the procedures. There is also a space at the foot of the bed for the patient file.
As you can imagine, most hospital beds require electricity to operate the adjustment mechanisms and control panels, although some older beds can also be manually moved to various positions. Some hospital beds are equipped with sophisticated computer systems that can be used to do things like save bed settings that are comfortable for the patient or needed for procedures. Learning to use these systems can take time, and hospital staff usually discourage patients and friends from adjusting the bed themselves.
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