What kind of medical bed should I buy for a bedridden patient?

A medical bed is a modern solution for patients with limited mobility, weakened patients in the postoperative period, for seriously ill people with disabilities, as well as during the rehabilitation period for those who need bed rest.

It can be used both at home to organize a comfortable life for the patient, and in hospitals, medical institutions, inpatient facilities, nursing homes, etc.

If your family needs to buy a medical bed, be sure to listen to the advice of doctors regarding which model to choose, what functions this bed should perform, etc. Our medical equipment store Med1 offers a wide selection of medical beds of various configurations to create more comfortable conditions for people with disabilities and bedridden patients at home.

Types of medical beds

Due to its technical features, a medical bed allows you to place a person who has been in a lying position for a long time in comfortable physiological positions. As a rule, a medical bed has a complex bed structure, which can consist of two, three or four sections. Changing the position of these sections allows you to change the position of a person from horizontal, for example, to sitting or raise your legs, etc.

Medical beds for bedridden patients are:

• with a mechanical drive,
• with an electric drive,
• with a pneumatic drive.

In beds for bedridden patients with a mechanical drive, the position of the sections changes with the help of special mechanisms or manually. Most medical beds have special "worm" mechanisms that allow the bed section to move by scrolling the mechanism handle clockwise. In this case, only an assistant can change the position of the section.

A medical bed with an electric drive allows you to change the position of the sections with the help of electric motors. Most of these medical beds are equipped with a special control panel, which can be either with the patient or with the assistant. Using the remote control, you can change the position of any section and the height of the medical bed (if provided for in the design).

In intensive care beds with an electric drive, as a rule, the section adjustment buttons are built into the body of the medical bed. The main advantage of a medical bed with an electric drive is that the patient can adjust his own comfortable position in the medical bed without much difficulty.

A medical bed with a pneumatic drive is adjusted using a pedal; by pressing with your foot, you can change the position of the sections.

A medical bed can be:

• A one-section bed has a solid, flat, non-adjustable bed. A compact, inexpensive medical bed without the ability to adjust.
• A two-section functional bed has a movable upper part of the bed, which allows you to raise the upper part of the body above the pelvis. The upper section is usually raised to 80 degrees or less. A medical bed with a lifting mechanism greatly simplifies the care of a bedridden patient.
• A three-section bed allows you to adjust the upper part of the body when caring for a patient and bend the legs at the knees (on average up to 40 degrees).
• A four-section rehabilitation bed has much in common with a three-section medical bed, but for additional comfort, it has a fourth fixed section under the patient's gluteal area, which provides more comfortable placement of the patient when changing the position of the bed.

These are the main points that you should pay attention to when buying a functional bed for your home. You can always contact our managers for advice, who will give qualified advice and help you choose the right model for your request.

Medical functional bed: additional functions

Also, medical beds that can be purchased on our website have a number of additional functions depending on the selected model:

1. Vertical bed lift. A medical bed with height adjustment allows you to change the height relative to the floor level. This function is convenient, for example, when boarding a wheelchair, when you can adjust the height of the bed to the level of the wheelchair seat.
2. Trendelenburg position. This position can be provided by special medical beds. This is a position lying on your back at an angle of 45 degrees, when the pelvis is at a level higher than the head. It is used for certain respiratory diseases, when donating blood, etc.
3. Heart chair function. An additional function that a functional medical bed has, when the knife section can be lowered below the bed level, thereby allowing you to put a person in a full-fledged chair without removing him from the bed.
4. Toilet function. Some models have a built-in sanitary device (toilet), which is very convenient for servicing a weakened person. A medical bed with a toilet helps to perform manipulations without lifting the person from the bed.
5. Turning function. A medical bed with a turning function is a bed that allows for easier lateral turning of the patient with movable side sections using special mechanisms.

If you are going to buy a medical bed, pay attention to the presence of side rails. In some medical beds, side rails are not included in the standard kit. If it is important to you that the rehabilitation bed has handrails - be sure to pay attention to this when buying!

If desired, you can purchase additional accessories for medical beds in our online store, such as a bedside table, an infusion stand for droppers, a back support for bedridden patients, a table for a medical bed, etc.

In addition, we recommend that you pay attention to the prevention of bedsores or their treatment in a bedridden person. Unfortunately, staying in one position for a long time with minimal physical activity can provoke the appearance of bedsores on the human body. In such cases, anti-bedsore mattresses help, significantly improving the patient's comfort.

Why should you buy a medical bed in the Med1 online store?

Firstly, you can buy only high-quality, tested and certified products from us. Secondly, we are a customer-oriented service, so we have certain advantages for our customers.

• Mattress included. Do not forget that any medical bed must be equipped with a mattress. Most medical beds are sold without mattresses. A good mattress can cost from 2,000 to 10,000 UAH, which can significantly increase the cost of the purchase!

Our store is currently holding a PROMOTION! For a medical bed, a medical mattress for a functional bed is free!

• Free shipping. Not all stores provide free shipping, which can increase the price by 1,500-2,500 UAH! We take this upon ourselves. We will deliver any bed for free in the shortest possible time.
• We send a medical bed without prepayment. Few sellers are willing to send you an expensive bed without prepayment. But most customers are not willing to pay a lot of money for a medical bed without seeing it. Especially for you – we provide shipping without prepayment! First, look, check – then pay!

Mutual trust is important to our store! To do this, we minimize the risk when buying and provide additional bonuses.

Our specialists can help you order an inexpensive medical bed. We have valuable information based on the experience of many patients. Call right now at (097) 303-31-12 or contact the chat in the lower right corner!