Hospital Bed Buying Guide

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Purchasing a hospital bed for yourself or a loved one, can lead to a lot of confusion. And mistakes can cut a costly chunk out of your wallet. But once you know the basics, you&#;ll be able to purchase your next hospital bed or home care bed with confidence!

First, here are the bare bones basics:

The standard size for a hospital bed mattress is 35 x 80. Be sure to purchase Twin XL sheets because standard twin sheets won&#;t fit.
If you need extra length, an extension is available on several models.
The mattress may or may not be included&#;be sure to find out when you are ordering.
Bed rails may be included or they may be an add-on. Make sure to ask about them when making your purchase.
If you need to buy a mattress, there are lots of choices depending on your needs. There are standard coil springs, foam and air mattresses.
Okay, so now you need to decide what type of hospital bed you need. There are 5 types to choose from:
Manual Hospital Bed:
This is a great choice if you&#;re working on a tight budget and don&#;t mind extra work. The extra work comes from having to manually crank the bed to make any adjustments. So if you want the manual type&#;be sure that the person who needs to operate the bed is physically capable.

Semi-Electric Hospital Bed:
Again, this is a good choice if your budget is tight. You can adjust the head and foot of the bed with the push of a button. And that&#;s a nice convenience. But the height is still adjusted by a manual crank. The great part is that these beds are typically covered by Medicare for home use.

Electric Hospital Bed:
Now we&#;re into the Cadillac of Hospital beds! A fully electric hospital bed allows the patient to not only adjust her head and feet with the push of a button, but the height of the bed is just as easily controlled. The benefit here is that it makes it so much easier for patients to get in and out of the bed on their own.

Adjustable Beds:
These beds are designed to &#;look&#; more like real beds. They come in twin, full, queen and king sizes to accommodate your preference.

Specialty Hospital Beds:
These are the fancy beds you&#;ll find in most hospitals. You&#;ll know them when you see them, too because the price tag will be pretty hefty. But if you&#;re purchasing for a hospital then you just have to bite the bullet!

I know, I know&#;it&#;s still hard to decide isn&#;t it? I mean, each type of hospital bed has several different manufacturers who then sell several different models of each type.

If you still have questions, your best bet it to talk to a medical equipment expert who can help you decide which type, make and model will be best for you. Whatever you do, don&#;t spend thousands of dollars on a guess. Be sure you&#;re getting the bed you need.

Hospital Bed Buying Guide

If you are considering buying a hospital bed, whether you are an individual or from a medical organization, this article will help you to make the right choice. A proper choice will help you to find the right bed for what is required at a reasonable cost. 

1. Where are you going to use the bed?

* Hospital 

When you choose a bed for a hospital, you will have to check where are the beds going to be used and for what kind of patient?

For the ICU area, you will need a motorized bed with many features to facilitate the medical staff and comfort the patient. YA-D8-1 is an advanced ICU bed with a complete cardiac chair position and many features to meet the higher standard hospital&#;s needs. 

For more information, please visit hospital bed manufacturer.

For a pediatric bed, you will need an attractive design bed with great safety. YA-PD5-3 is a bed with an extra elevated protection railing for children.  

For the bariatric patients, the bed should heavy duty enough to support the patient even up to 300Kg and with extra width. YA-B5-1 is a bed specially designed for overweight patients. 

* Homecare 

Homecare bed is another type of medical bed different from a hospital bed, psychologically, the patient wants to feel like a home bed instead of the hospital bed. YA-DH5-1 is designed with wood finishing similar to a normal home bed, with full-length railing protection so the patient will not fall off, knockdown design facilitates the transportation and installation to the individual homes. 

2. How much budget are you going to spend?

* Manual hospital bed

If you do not have enough budget for the medical bed, then a manual bed is also an option. YA-M3-1 manual bed is a bed with a durable and smooth crank system to change the positions of the bed frame, also the protective railing and locking system is there for safety and mobility. 

* Electric hospital bed

An electric hospital bed is a motorized bed for patient positions via a control button, it is convenient for medical staff as well as patients themselves to operate. Medik&#;s electric medical bed adopts high standard brand motors for long-term use, the warranty for the motor system is 3 years for standard. 

* Brands to choose 

Traditionally, Hill-Rom, Linet, Stryker, Arjo are the leading brands worldwide, these brands have a beautiful appearance and nice finishing. However, now China also has quality hospital beds from brands like Acare, Medik, etc.. With over 30 years of technical accumulation, now Chinese manufacturers have experienced staff, standard manufacturing equipment, international quality control system like ISO, so Made-In-China is becoming competitive against traditional brands. 

3. What features are you going to select? 

* Patient positions

The number of motors and cranks will determine the options for patient positions, normally the bed has adjusting options for the back section, knee section, foot section, height, Trendelenburg and reverse Trendelenburg, left&right tilt, complete chair position, bed length extension, etc.. YA-D8-2 is a bed that bears most of the above positions which is an ideal option for ICU bed and standard room bed if without limited budget. 

* Control panel and functions

For a motorized bed, the hospital bed will have options for hand remote control and embedded railing control. The embedded railing control has the advantage of easy management and access than hand remote controller because it is fixed there while the hand remote controller might be lost or dropped somewhere. Of course, you will have to pay more for the advanced feature. 

* Brake system 

Most of the buyers want the bed to be transported when it is needed and to be locked steadily when it is static. The locking system has options of individual lock and central brake, the central brake mechanism can lock the bed with one step pedal which is very convenient for the operator. Furthermore, some beds will have the features of steering function for excellent manipulation during transport with a single staff. The model YA-D5-11 is equipped with a central brake system and also a steering function, so you can operate the bed to a wanted direction and area under a single person&#;s control. 

* Safety protection railing

The railing will not only have protection functions for the patient but also determine the beautiful appearance of the bed. Normally, four pieces of tuck-away PP railing with a minimized gap will protect the patient from dropping off while it can support the patient's bed exit with a proper position. YA-D5-5 has beautiful looking and full-length protection along with the bed, also it has reversed space for embedded railing control. 

4. How do I choose a proper mattress for the bed?

People will sleep on the mattress instead of direct contact with the bed frame, so a good and proper mattress is very important for a patient&#;s recovery under different circumstances. Using the most expensive material might not create the best mattress, structure design is the same important as the material. 

* Mattress for ICU bed

A patient who stays in an ICU bed will not be able to move their body frequently, so the mattress should be able to support them comfortably. How can a mattress let the patient feel without hardness, pain, free skin breathing?  The mattress with model MK-M03 is specially designed for ICU beds. Divided into three layers structure, the top level is filled with memory foam to release the uneven body pressure, the frame is separated with a small rectangular square to minimize the body friction. The middle layer is medium density sponge and the bottom layer adopts high-density sponge for body support. With patented special fabric-covered, the mattress has excellent air ventilation but with excellent waterproof features.  

* Bedsore mattress 

For a patient who needs to stay in bed for the long term, bedsore is an inevitable reality you have to face. If too much heat and humidity accumulate in a certain body area, the ulcer will occur with the patient due to pressure and lack of blood circulation. The MK-M05 is a bubble mattress to eliminate bedsores for those patients lying on the bed for a long time. The working principle of the mattress is to fill the air into the different bubble lines in turn alternatively, so different areas of the body and skin can get a breath. 

If you are looking for more details, kindly visit icu hospital bed.