A hospital bed or hospital cot is a bed specially designed for hospitalized patients or others in need of some form of health care. These beds have special features both for the comfort and well-being of the patient and for the convenience of health care workers. Common features include adjustable height for the entire bed, the head, and the feet, adjustable side rails, and electronic buttons to operate both the bed and other nearby electronic devices.
23-504: Tucson Medical Center (TMC), licensed at 641 beds , is a locally governed nonprofit regional hospital in Tucson, Arizona . The medical center treats about 30,000 inpatients and 120,000 outpatients annually as well as around 6,000 births. TMC holds designation as a Neuroscience Center of Excellence, certification as a Primary Stroke Center and accreditation as a Chest Pain Center. TMC
46-401: A CPR function in the form of a button or lever which when activated flattens the bed platform and put it in lowest height and deflates and flattens the bed's air mattress (if installed) creating a flat hard surface necessary for CPR administration. Beds can be raised and lowered at the head, feet, and their entire height. While on older beds this is done with cranks usually found at the foot of
69-428: A bed exit alarm whereby a pressure pad on or in the mattress arms an audible alert when a weight such as a patient is placed on it, and activating the full alarm once this weight is removed. This is helpful to hospital staff or caregivers monitoring any number of patients from a distance (such as a nurse's station) as the alarm will trigger in the event of a patient (especially the elderly or memory impaired) falling out of
92-402: A hospital, is placed when the head of the bed needs to be elevated as high as possible. The upper half of the patient's body is between 60 degrees and 90 degrees in relation to the lower half of their body. The legs of the patient may be straight or bent. This position is also required postoperatively for pneumonectomy patients. This position is known colloquially as "sitting up". This position
115-477: Is sometimes referred to as the Gatch Bed . The crank was added by Henry Ford . The modern push-button hospital bed was invented in 1945, and it originally included a built-in toilet in hopes of eliminating the bedpan . Alternating pressure mattresses use computer-controlled pumps to inflate and deflate automatically in order to lower the risk of bed sores . Many modern hospital beds are able to feature
138-488: Is the most frequently used bed angle. The elevation is less than that of the Fowler's position, and may include the foot of the bed being raised at the knee to bend the legs. The position is useful in promoting lung expansion as gravity pulls the diaphragm downward, allowing for expansion and ventilation. It is also recommended during gastric feeding to reduce the risk of regurgitation and aspiration . During childbirth ,
161-903: Is the only hospital in Southern Arizona to be chosen for the Thomson Reuters list of the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in the US for 2011. The hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission, and is also a member of the Mayo Clinic Network. 32°15′09″N 110°52′46″W / 32.25250°N 110.87944°W / 32.25250; -110.87944 Hospital bed Hospital beds and other similar types of beds such as nursing care beds are used not only in hospitals, but in other health care facilities and settings, such as nursing homes , assisted living facilities, outpatient clinics , and in home health care . While
184-407: Is used in postpartum women to improve uterine drainage, and in infants when signs of respiratory distress are present. Fowler's position is also used when oral or nasal gastric feeding tubes have been implemented as it minimizes the risk of aspiration. Peristalsis and swallowing are aided by the effect of gravitational pull. It is named for George Ryerson Fowler , who saw it as a way to decrease
207-463: The bed or wandering off unsupervised. This alarm can be emitted solely from the bed itself or connected to the nurse call bell/light or hospital phone/paging system. Also some beds can feature a multi-zone bed exit alarm which can alert the staff when the patient start moving in the bed and before the actual exit which is necessary for some cases. In the event of the bed occupant suddenly requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation , some hospital beds offer
230-503: The bed, on modern beds this feature is electronic. Today, while a fully electric bed has many features that are electronic, a semi-electric bed has two motors, one to raise the head, and the other to raise the foot. Raising the head (known as a Fowler's position ) can provide some benefits to the patient, the staff, or both. The Fowler's position is used for sitting the patient upright for feeding or certain other activities, or in some patients, can ease breathing , or may be beneficial to
253-461: The bed. A hospital bed can cost over US$ 1000.00; on average with different costs associated with completely manual functions, 2-motor functions and fully electric 3-motor functions (whole bed going up and down). Other costs are associated with bariatric heavy duty models that also offer extra width. Hospital beds can make a patient's spine more rounded because a patient who sits up a lot, such as when watching television, tends to slip down. Some of
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#1732801625340276-411: The category a bed manufacturers are providing their beds with a built-in function which acts as an anti-slip. LINET is providing Ergoframe while others have different names. During the 1980s, patient safety had been a concern with hospital beds. In 1982, a 3-year-old Milwaukee girl hospitalized for pneumonia was killed when crushed by a mechanical hospital bed. In 1983, an 11-year-old Illinois boy
299-476: The facility where they are used) as rails may be considered a form of medical restraint . Many specialist hospital beds are also produced to effectively treat different injuries. These include standing beds, turning beds and legacy beds. These are usually used to treat back and spinal injuries as well as severe trauma. Some advanced beds are equipped with columns which help tilt the bed to 15–30 degrees on each side. Such tilting can help prevent pressure ulcers for
322-476: The head is slightly elevated." It is an intervention used to promote oxygenation via maximum chest expansion and is implemented during events of respiratory distress. Fowler's position facilitates the relaxing of tension of the abdominal muscles, allowing for improved breathing. In immobile patients and infants, the Fowler's position alleviates compression of the chest that occurs due to gravity. Fowler's position increases comfort during eating and other activities,
345-541: The mattress company Andrew Wuest and Son, Cincinnati, Ohio, registered a patent for a type of mattress frame with a hinged head that could be elevated, a predecessor of the modern day hospital bed. The modern 3-segment adjustable hospital bed was invented by Willis Dew Gatch (1877-1962), chair of the Department of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine , in 1909. This type of bed
368-414: The mortality of peritonitis: Accumulation of purulent material under the diaphragm led to rapid systemic sepsis and septic shock , whereas pelvic abscesses could be drained through the rectum. The Semi-Fowler's position is a position in which a patient, typically in a hospital or nursing home in positioned on their back with the head and trunk raised to between 15 and 45 degrees, although 30 degrees
391-405: The patient and sometimes can make the patient feel more secure, can also include the buttons used for their operation by staff and patients to move the bed, call the nurse, or even control the television. There are many types of side rails to serve different purposes. While some are simply to prevent patient falls, others have equipment that can aid the patient themself without physically confining
414-752: The patient for other reasons. Raising the feet can help ease movement of the patient toward the headboard and may also be necessary for certain conditions. Raising and lowering the height of the bed can help bring the bed to a comfortable level for the patient to get in and out of bed, or for caregivers to work with the patient. There are 5 function beds which comes with many functions such as head elevation, foot elevation, Trendelenburg, reverse Trendelenburg positions with height adjustment options. These type of beds are typically used in ICUs and for patients who are high dependent. Beds have side rails that can be raised or lowered. These rails, which serve as protection for
437-526: The patient to bed. Side rails, if not built properly, can be of risk for patient entrapment. In the United States, more than 300 deaths were reported as a result of this between 1985 and 2004. As a result, the Food and Drug Administration has set guidelines regarding the safety of side rails. In some cases, use of the rails may require a physician's order (depending on local laws and the policies of
460-410: The patient, and help caregivers to do their daily tasks with less of a risk of back injuries. Wheels enable easy movement of the bed, either within parts of the facility in which they are located, or within the room. Sometimes movement of the bed a few inches to a few feet may be necessary in patient care. Wheels are lockable. For safety, wheels can be locked when transferring the patient in or out of
483-399: The semi-Fowler's position is preferred over the full-Fowler's as it is generally more comfortable for the mother, and reduces the need for analgesics and surgical interventions such as operative vaginal delivery or cesarean sections . The semi-Fowler's position is also indicated when assessing the jugular veins . The high Fowler's position is a position in which a patient, typically in
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#1732801625340506-540: The term hospital bed can refer to the actual bed, the term bed is also used to describe the amount of space in a health care facility, as the capacity for the number of patients at the facility is measured in available "beds". There are various pros and cons for the different types of hospital beds, depending on the functions and features available, among other factors. Beds with adjustable side rails first appeared in Britain some time between 1815 and 1825. In 1874
529-435: Was strangled to death by a hospital bed. Fowler%27s position In medicine, Fowler's position is a standard patient position in which the patient is seated in a semi-sitting position (45–60 degrees) and may have knees either bent or straight. Variations in the angle are denoted by high Fowler , indicating an upright position at approximately 90 degrees and semi-Fowler , 30 to 45 degrees; and low Fowler , where
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