How does the height of the bed affect the patient?

Bed height refers to the vertical distance from the ground to the surface of the mattress when the bed is in a horizontal position, including the height of the bed frame and the thickness of the mattress. Hospital bed height is considered to be a risk factor for fall-related injuries and is easily overlooked among ward environment factors. So how does bed height affect patients? How to determine, adjust and maintain the safe height of hospital beds?

First, the impact of bed height on patients.

1. If the bed is too high, the patient will be easily suspended when getting out of the bed, and the jumping movement will increase the risk of falling. In addition, patients can easily slip out of bed and fall.

2. If the bed is too low, the patient's hips will be too far away from the bed surface when sleeping, which will easily cause the patient to sit empty and increase the risk of falling.

Second, how to correctly adjust and maintain the safe height of hospital beds?

1. When the bed height is adjusted for the patient, the patient can look up while sitting on the bed and adjust the height of the calf and the bed surface.

2. According to the reasonable bed height of 41~53 cm, the patient can feel appropriate after test sitting.

3. For patients with mobility difficulties, nurses can first determine the length of their calves and make reasonable adjustments based on their own reference.

4. During daily morning and evening nursing and ward visits, we should preach, observe and adjust the height of the bed. We believe that in the process of continuous explanation, preaching and attention, the safety of hospital beds will be known, valued and maintained by patients and their families.

Third, hospital bed is a more basic and important medical equipment for patients.

Hospital beds can be divided into electric beds and manual beds according to their functions. However, studies have pointed out that 42.00%~60.00% of patients fall is related to the height of the bed, or found to fall at the bedside. However, the height of the bed is easy to be ignored by us, so we must help the patients to adjust the height of the bed reasonably in daily work, do a good job of the patients and the main caregivers for fall prevention knowledge education, and guide them not to adjust the height of the bed at will, use the remote control of the bed handle and the brake to return to their position in time, to prevent the harm of falling.

Clinical nurses must not uniform bed height for the sake of a clean and beautiful ward. We must reasonably adjust the safe height of the bed according to the height of the patient so that it can be safely maintained.