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Benefit:
Stability . This
is what caregivers want: More stability with healthcare beds for a safe
work with occupants, because mobility already begins in the healthcare
bed. Prior to carrying out nursing procedures on the occupant lying in
bed, caregivers first adjust the bed's lying surface to be at the same
height as their pelvis. With a person being 165 cm tall, this requires
a height adjustment to at least 90 cm. So the bed has to be raised to
its full height. The brakes must be fully applied and locked. In order
to provide safety to both caregivers and patients, the lying surface should
then be kept at this working height and as stable as possible during all
exercise. It goes without saying that an electrically operated healthcare
bed can bring to bear its advantages over mechanical models by its push-button
height adjustment feature alone allowing the caregiver to stay near the
occupant during operation. But electrically operated healthcare beds, too, differ from each other with regard to essential design features like the height adjustment, for example. Obviously, there is much to be said in favour of healthcare beds with lifting jack columns, especially when carrying out nursing procedures on patients lying at working height. In contrast to those designs with scissors mechanisms, they feature a much greater horizontal stability. It also carries conviction that four lifting jack columns can better manage horizontal and lateral stability than two or three columns. That is why Völker healthcare beds are a classic example of a really sturdy healthcare bed. Völker healthcare beds stand on casters only when in read-to-go position; otherwise they always stand on wide feet. That ensures that the bed stands solidly on the floor, which has a positive effect on its total stability and thus on safety. One of the most important innovations with Völker healthcare beds is the fourfold telescopic height adjustment. It is used with the Völker healthcare bed in such a way that two lifting jack columns each at the head and footend hold a cross-member which, in turn, bears the frame of the lying surface. With it, the lifting jack columns are maintenance-free and integrated in each of the bed's four legs. Along with the mentioned upper cross-member, into which the entire lifting and drive mechanics of the bed is encased waterproof, and the lower cross-member, these four lifting jack columns form an extremely distortion-free undercarriage. On top of that, the bed is very light due to the aluminum construction used. The lifting jack columns with Völker healthcare beds are manufactured in a three-stage spindle telescopic height adjustment design, with the height itself of course being able to be infinitely adjusted from 39.5 cm to 80 cm (35cm to 70 cm as an option). Together with the mattress, this results in a maximum working height of 90 cm to 95 cm. Also at the highest position, the frame of the lying surface is always kept sturdy - both horizontally and laterally, even with varying loads which steadily occur while caring for patients lying in bed. With Völker healthcare beds, this is further promoted by means of a synchronization control unit. It corrects the slightest deviations and returns the telescopic height adjustment back to be absolutely in vertical and horizontal position. The extreme stability due to patented design features and the utilization of further design features, such as infinitely-variable lying surface positioning and the two-part assist rails that can be raised in two stages, make Völker hospital beds an indispensable and safe aid in daily nursing procedures, in active care and in providing individual independence to patients. Regular mobility not only serves as a decubitus, contracture, pneumonia, constipation and thrombosis prophylaxis, but also to quicken the appetite and to promote a healthy sleep, but in particular also to diminish the feeling of being ill and - most importantly - to promote the occupant's self-esteem and independence. |
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