Types of Hospital Beds
What Is a Hospital Bed?
A hospital bed is the kind of bed that the hospitals use for patients. Hospital beds are available in many different types and sizes. The types include bariatric beds, manual hospital beds, Trendelenburg beds, semi-electric hospital beds, and full electric hospital beds.
Bariatric
Best for: Heavier Sleeper
A bariatric hospital bed is a bed that is designed to hold more weight than the average bed. The patients who use bariatric hospital beds are heavier than others based on their weight capacity, and bariatric beds have a range of weight capacity from 600 to 750 pounds. When buying a bariatric hospital bed, it is essential to know an individual’s or patient’s weight before purchasing the bed. This will help you to understand if the adjustable bed will support the weight and if it is built for bariatric patients or individuals.
Trendelenburg Bed
Best for: Acid Reflux Suffers
The Trendelenburg bed is a bed with the angles of the whole bed at an angle. There are two kinds of Trendelenburg bed positions. There is a Trendelenburg position and a reverse Trendelenburg position. Many people will require a hospital bed for patients or those suffering from acid reflux and various other problems. The reverse Trendelenburg posture is the most commonly used for acid reflux or GERD.
Fully Electric
Best for: Help with Getting in and Our of the Bed
A fully electric hospital bed uses a remote control for the movement of the head and the foot, along with the height adjustment. The height adjustment is a feature referred to as the hi-low feature. This kind of feature will raise the whole bed up and down, and the remote control will help to control the head and the feet. Some of the hospital beds are designed with massage features depending on the model.
Manual
A manual hospital bed is the kind of bed that uses a crank to raise the head, foot, and height of the bed. The manual hospital bed is designed in a simple form and is the most friendly hospital bed. It is not designed to use the remote or electronic devices to move the bed. The manual is operated manually to raise or lower the bed.
Semi Electric
The semi-electric hospital bed is the kind of bed that has motors for head and foot adjustment. Still, the height of the bed is adjusted manually. A semi-electric bed is the second most expensive hospital bed. When a hospital bed is converted into a fully electric hospital bed with hi-low features, the hospital bed becomes significantly more expensive. This is midway between a manual and an entirely electric hospital bed.
