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Bed sore or pressure sore are significant and growing problems
for patients in confinement to bed or a chair, being unable to move,
losing of bowel or bladder control, having poor nutrition, or with
lowered mental awareness. Anyone who must stay in a bed, chair, or
wheelchair because of illness or injury can get bed sore. A bed score
is an injury usually caused by unrelieved pressure that damages the
skin and underlying tissue by squeezing tiny blood vessels which
supply the skin with nutrients and oxygen. Bed sore leads to pain, a
long stay in the hospital or nursing home and slower recovery from
health problems - therefore increase the cost and decrease the
quality of care. Once developed, bed sore healing can be challenging
in many cases.
Alternating pressure and low air loss technologies are known to
be most effective in healing and preventing these wounds and make
care giving tasks significantly easier. Today, many mattresses with
alternating pressure or low air loss or both functions are available
on the market to fit a variety budgets and applications. To select
appropriate mattress, it is important to
understand the stage of bed sore on the patient (stages
I - IV):
1. Prevention or Healing of Stages I - II
This category of mattresses are designed and made to prevent / heal
early stage bed sores at lower cost - as the most economic solution
to early stage bed sores. The mattresses are usually 5"
or 8" and are used on top of another mattress such as innerspring or
foam mattress that are already used with hospital bed. These
products include models
14025,
920,
930,
753000,
14028,
MDT245000 and
SYS600.
2. Prevention or Healing of Stages I - IV
This category of mattresses are designed and made to cover wide
range of bed sore stages and heal early stage sores more quickly at
high cost than the category above. These products include models
P1000I,
14029,
P1500,
SYS1200AP,
SYS1200LA and
14029DP.
3. Powerful Healing of Advanced Stage
Mattresses of this category are usually called Stage IV
mattress. They are more effective in healing bed sores of any stages
with stronger and faster therapeutic effects at higher cost
than the other categories. These products include models
SYS2000 and
SYS3000. The model SYS3000, Stage IV 3000 Mattress, features
three individual pressure zones for head, trunk and legs / feet.
This unique feature deliver maximum
patient comfort and therapy making bed sore healing a breeze.
4. Bariatric Alternating Pressure Mattresses
These mattresses are thicker and wider with weight capacities above
500 lbs to fit on bariatric hospital beds. Different from home style
beds that are categorized as twin size, full size, queen size and
king size, hospital beds are categorized as standard (about 36" wide
close to twin size) and bariatric (wider than 36" holding more than
500 lbs) beds based on industrial standard. Medical mattresses that
are used with hospital beds are also categorized the way. Bariatric
alternating pressure mattresses include models
940,
APM1000048, 3682340,
14060,
SYS3000PLUS. These mattresses are available with 39" (close but
a little wider than twin size), 42", 48", 54" (close to full size)
and 60" (close to queen size) width and can be used with both
hospital and home style beds.
5. Lateral Rotation Mattress
Also called
lateral
turn mattress, these mattresses can turn patient laterally to
change his / her body position automatically. This helps patient
recover from pulmonary diseases and complications, and promotes
secondary wound healing and prevention. Lateral rotation mattresses
are usually built with low air loss function for pressure relief
function since patients with bed-ridden pulmonary diseases are at
risk of suffering from bed sores. These products include models
SYS-MIL-TTL and
P4000.
6. Pressure Relief Air Chair
Mattress pad designed to fit and function on chairs for patient to
receive maximum pressure relief while in
a seat position to prevent pressure ulcers. The air chairs can be
used with wheelchair or any chairs or built with a standard clinical
recliner chair. This products include models
SYS600AC,
SYS10150 and
SYS10651 |
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