Question

How would you describe the design of the multicare I power hospital bed in 50 words or less to someone who has never seen it before?

Answer 1

• The Multicare I power hospital bed is an ideal solution for the demanding critical care environment. The healthcare bed helps to maintain vital signs and ensures that the patient is treated safely and effortlessly.
• The Safety Monitor intelligent system improves risk management particularly when caring for patients in an acute healthcare environment. The system automatically collects information from the bed safety features, presenting this to nursing staff in an intuitive way.
• Its an aid for handling the patient with minimum effort. The routine nursing activities such as washing, re-positioning, toilet and dressing can be done easily and ergonomically.
• The patient can be simply turned on side using the bed lateral tilt.
• It has got -  motorized patient transport with minimum manpower,  A unique Safety Sense feature avoids the risk of self-activation, unintentional activation or misuse,  The intelligent accelerator optimizes the drive speed in different drive situations.
• Safety is a key parameter for the Multicare. All the bed’s functions are set so the patient can not just feel but really be as safe as possible.
• The following are its special features:

Siderails - Progressive siderails with the safe gaps concept, siderail sensors detecting the down position and exceptional height provide excellent protection against falls.

I-Brake - Automatic brake prevents uncontrolled movement and falls caused by leaning on an unbraked bed.

Bed exit alarm - The suitable audible alert regime can be selected with respect to actual patient fall risk. This feature can help staff to control the fall risk permanently and to react in time accordingly.

Nurse call - Nurse call is always at hand to prevent dangerous situations or to call staff for common assistance.

Automatic lateral therapy - Automatic Lateral Therapy is a platform based lateral tilt individually programmed in cycles to improve lung drainage and prevent VAP.

Orthopnoeic chair - The Orthopnoeic chair position helps to maximise respiratory function and enhances patient comfort.

Pressure ulcer prevention - Multicare open architecture allows using various mattress systems for the prevention or healing of pressure ulcers according to the needs of the patient.

Lateral X-ray cassette tray - The lateral X-ray cassette holder enables safe imaging of the chest without needing to reposition the patient on the bed.

Scales - The Advanced Weighing System integrated into the Multicare bed is capable of indicating the exact weight of the patient in most bed positions. This yields not only the current value of the patient’s weight, but also provides valuable information about changes over time.

Foot controls - Handsfree comfortable adjustment of the height and lateral tilt.