Which medical bed should I buy for a bedridden patient?

A medical bed is a modern solution for 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, boarding houses for the elderly, etc.

If your family needs to buy a medical bed, be sure to listen to the advice of doctors about which model to choose, what functions this bed should perform, etc. Our medical equipment store 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 a person who is lying down for a long time to be placed in comfortable physiological positions. As a rule, a medical bed has a complex bed structure, which can consist of two, three or four movable sections. Changing the position of these sections allows you to change the position of a person from horizontal, for example, to sitting or to 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 is changed using special mechanisms or manually. Most medical beds have special "worm" mechanisms that provide movement to the bed section by rotating 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 using electric motors. Most such 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 resuscitation 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 an electric medical bed is that the patient can adjust his comfortable position in the medical bed without much effort.

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

By the number of sections, a medical bed can be:

• A single-section bed — has a solid, flat, non-adjustable bed. A compact, inexpensive medical bed without the possibility of adjustments.
• 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 raised, usually, to 80 degrees or less. A medical bed with a lifting mechanism greatly simplifies the care of a bedridden patient.
• Three-section — allows you to adjust the upper part of the body when caring for the 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, has a fourth fixed section under the patient's buttocks, which provides a 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 medical functional bed for the home. You can always contact our managers for advice, who will provide qualified advice and help you choose the right model for your request. 

Medical functional bed: additional functions

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

1. 1. Vertical bed lift. A height-adjustable medical bed allows you to change the height relative to the floor level. The function is convenient, for example, when getting into 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 by a donor, etc.
3. Cardio-chair function. An additional function that a functional medical bed has, when the knife section can be lowered below the level of the bed, thereby allowing a person to be seated in a full-fledged chair without getting out of 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 a person out of bed.
5. Turnover function. A medical bed with a turnover function — is a bed, that allows you to simplify the patient's lateral turn with movable side sections using special mechanisms.

If you are going to buy a medical bed, pay attention to the presence of side rails. Some medical beds do not include side rails as standard. If it is important to you that the rehabilitation bed you have chosen has handrails — be sure to pay attention to this when buying! 

If you wish, you can purchase additional accessories for medical beds in our online store, such as a bedside table, an infusion stand for drips, 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 pressure sores or their treatment in a bedridden person. Unfortunately, prolonged stay in one position, minimal physical activity can provoke the appearance of pressure sores on the human body. In such cases, anti-bedsore mattresses help, which significantly improve the patient's comfort.

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

Firstly, you can only buy 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 2000 to 10000 UAH, which can significantly increase the cost of the purchase!

Our store is currently running a PROMOTION! To the medical bed medical mattress to the functional bed comes as a gift!

• Free delivery. Not all stores provide free delivery, which can increase the price of the bed by 1500-2500 UAH! We take this responsibility upon ourselves. We will deliver any bed for free in the shortest possible period of time.
• We send a medical bed without prepayment. Few sellers are ready to send you an expensive bed without prepayment. But most customers are not ready 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 for our store! To do this, we minimize the risk of buying for you 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 of the site!