The Safety of Hospital Beds

To explore the safety of the standard and the low hospital bed, we report on a microanalysis of 15 patients' ability to ingress, move about the bed, and egress. The 15 participants were purposefully selected with various disabilities. Bed conditions were randomized with side rails up or down and one low bed with side rails down. We explored the patients' use of the side rails, bed height, ability to lift their legs onto the mattress, and ability to turn, egress, and walk back to the chair. The standard bed was too high for some participants, both for ingress and egress. Side rails were used by most participants when entering, turning in bed, and exiting. We recommend that side rails be reconsidered as a means to facilitate in-bed movement, ingress, and egress. Furthermore, single deck height settings for all patients are not optimal. Low beds as a safety measure must be re-evaluated

Forensic engineering · Hospital bed · Lift (data mining · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention · Computer Science · Engineering · Medicine · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation · Nursing · Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management

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