Hospital Bed Buying Guide

If you are considering buying a hospital bed, whether you are an individual or from a medical organization, this article will help you to make the right choice. A proper choice will help you to find the right bed for what is required at a reasonable cost. 

1. Where are you going to use the bed?

* Hospital 

When you choose a bed for a hospital, you will have to check where are the beds going to be used and for what kind of patient?

For the ICU area, you will need a motorized bed with many features to facilitate the medical staff and comfort the patient. YA-D8-1 is an advanced ICU bed with a complete cardiac chair position and many features to meet the higher standard hospital’s needs. 

For a pediatric bed, you will need an attractive design bed with great safety. YA-PD5-3 is a bed with an extra elevated protection railing for children.  

For the bariatric patients, the bed should heavy duty enough to support the patient even up to 300Kg and with extra width. YA-B5-1 is a bed specially designed for overweight patients. 

* Homecare 

Homecare bed is another type of medical bed different from a hospital bed, psychologically, the patient wants to feel like a home bed instead of the hospital bed. YA-DH5-1 is designed with wood finishing similar to a normal home bed, with full-length railing protection so the patient will not fall off, knockdown design facilitates the transportation and installation to the individual homes. 

2. How much budget are you going to spend?

* Manual hospital bed

If you do not have enough budget for the medical bed, then a manual bed is also an option. YA-M3-1 manual bed is a bed with a durable and smooth crank system to change the positions of the bed frame, also the protective railing and locking system is there for safety and mobility. 

* Electric hospital bed

An electric hospital bed is a motorized bed for patient positions via a control button, it is convenient for medical staff as well as patients themselves to operate. Medik’s electric medical bed adopts high standard brand motors for long-term use, the warranty for the motor system is 3 years for standard. 

* Brands to choose 

Traditionally, Hill-Rom, Linet, Stryker, Arjo are the leading brands worldwide, these brands have a beautiful appearance and nice finishing. However, now China also has quality hospital beds from brands like Acare, Medik, etc.. With over 30 years of technical accumulation, now Chinese manufacturers have experienced staff, standard manufacturing equipment, international quality control system like ISO, so Made-In-China is becoming competitive against traditional brands. 

3. What features are you going to select? 

* Patient positions

The number of motors and cranks will determine the options for patient positions, normally the bed has adjusting options for the back section, knee section, foot section, height, Trendelenburg and reverse Trendelenburg, left&right tilt, complete chair position, bed length extension, etc.. YA-D8-2 is a bed that bears most of the above positions which is an ideal option for ICU bed and standard room bed if without limited budget. 

* Control panel and functions

For a motorized bed, the hospital bed will have options for hand remote control and embedded railing control. The embedded railing control has the advantage of easy management and access than hand remote controller because it is fixed there while the hand remote controller might be lost or dropped somewhere. Of course, you will have to pay more for the advanced feature. 

* Brake system 

Most of the buyers want the bed to be transported when it is needed and to be locked steadily when it is static. The locking system has options of individual lock and central brake, the central brake mechanism can lock the bed with one step pedal which is very convenient for the operator. Furthermore, some beds will have the features of steering function for excellent manipulation during transport with a single staff. The model YA-D5-11 is equipped with a central brake system and also a steering function, so you can operate the bed to a wanted direction and area under a single person’s control. 

* Safety protection railing

The railing will not only have protection functions for the patient but also determine the beautiful appearance of the bed. Normally, four pieces of tuck-away PP railing with a minimized gap will protect the patient from dropping off while it can support the patient's bed exit with a proper position. YA-D5-5 has beautiful looking and full-length protection along with the bed, also it has reversed space for embedded railing control. 

4. How do I choose a proper mattress for the bed?

People will sleep on the mattress instead of direct contact with the bed frame, so a good and proper mattress is very important for a patient’s recovery under different circumstances. Using the most expensive material might not create the best mattress, structure design is the same important as the material. 

* Mattress for ICU bed

A patient who stays in an ICU bed will not be able to move their body frequently, so the mattress should be able to support them comfortably. How can a mattress let the patient feel without hardness, pain, free skin breathing?  The mattress with model MK-M03 is specially designed for ICU beds. Divided into three layers structure, the top level is filled with memory foam to release the uneven body pressure, the frame is separated with a small rectangular square to minimize the body friction. The middle layer is medium density sponge and the bottom layer adopts high-density sponge for body support. With patented special fabric-covered, the mattress has excellent air ventilation but with excellent waterproof features.  

* Bedsore mattress 

For a patient who needs to stay in bed for the long term, bedsore is an inevitable reality you have to face. If too much heat and humidity accumulate in a certain body area, the ulcer will occur with the patient due to pressure and lack of blood circulation. The MK-M05 is a bubble mattress to eliminate bedsores for those patients lying on the bed for a long time. The working principle of the mattress is to fill the air into the different bubble lines in turn alternatively, so different areas of the body and skin can get a breath.