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The BBG Split Side Bed:
Little Known Facts
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While fall protection is important in a safety bed, Entrapment is greatest danger to the medically feeble and disabled.
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Based on studies done by the FDA if a patient is trapped or entangled in one or more of the 7 Zones as outlined in their treatise, 77% of the time the person will be injured and 59% of the time the patient will die.
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Many traditional hospital beds are totally unsafe for pediatric, adolescent and disabled youth because these patients' smaller size and other medical conditions require specialized protection.
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Many experts feel tent-like enclosures or cage enclosures are more damaging long term than NO PROTECTION at all.
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Physical protection should only be part of the consideration when selecting safety products. Psychological and developmental impacts carry serious long term implications and should be part of the bed selection. Finally, do not overlook the well being of the care givers who need to work in and around these products.
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Safety Beds CAN be attractive!
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Hospital Beds, Institutional Beds, Safety beds or Adaptive Beds all share a common goal of keeping the user safe from falling out or injuring themselves as a result of being in bed. While falling out is widely recognized, entanglement and entrapment are more common and often more dangerous than a simple fall. |
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Entrapment IS the greatest danger to the feeble and disabled |
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A common oversight among
many is the inherent dangers special needs and
handicapped persons face in an around their own beds. Any child can
fall out of bed, get tangled up in blankets, or have some part of their
body stuck between the mattress and the wall. But the risks of that event happening at all and the negative impacts are magnified with special needs or handicapped people. Consider patients who for whatever reason have a lesser ability to a)prevent b)extract themselves from an actual or potential entrapment situation. For example, low muscle tone patients or patients who have limited muscular control at any time while in bed have a greater likelihood of falling, entanglement, or entrapment which frequently results in injury or death. |
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Mattresses on the Floor are NOT Safe!...because it doesn't address entrapment. It takes as little as 10 pounds pressure to slide a mattress far enough for a child's face to be trapped in the gap. AND the air close to many floors contains higher levels of dust, pollen, dander, mold, etc. which can increase or cause respiratory problems. |
illustrations courtesy of the
FDA
Split
Door System:
An
Exciting Alternative
Safety Bed + Developmental Freedom
BBG split door beds have 3 basic features that allows the unique combination of creating a SAFE bed environment as well as Developing FREEDOM.
- it minimizes the dangerous gaps outlined by the FDA's 7 Zones of Entrapment
- doors, head board, foot board are all solid for appendage containment and to minimize climbing
- side gap is roughly 15" wide even when doors are closed allowing careful entry or exit but not wide enough to fall through. This freedom promotes important basic life skills.
| Doors Lock when closed
for rigid protection Caregiver can unlock the doors with one hand Doors can be swung open individually to provide access for departure or for caregivers while still providing protection to one end of the bed. Or Both doors can be opened for maximum space to work with patient, change linens, etc. |
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