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Span-America has a solution for every support surface need.
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all hospital bed mattress
systems including low air loss, alternating-pressure and
rotational.
Featured Hospital Bed
Mattresses:
 Pressure relieving support surfaces are designed to prevent or promote the
healing of pressure ulcers by reducing or eliminating tissue interface pressure.
Most of these devices reduce interface pressure by conforming to the contours of
the body so that pressure is distributed over a larger surface area rather than
concentrated on a more circumscribed location.
See:
Air-Mattress,
Group I
mattress,
Group II mattress
Lying support surfaces are usually grouped more specifically into overlays,
mattress replacements, and full-framed products. Overlays are products that lie
on top of the standard hospital mattress. They are used in addition to the
standard mattress and bed frame. Mattress overlays can be grouped specifically
into several additional categories that include foam, air, gel, and water.
Mattress replacements are placed on the hospital bed frame and are used instead
of the standard hospital mattress. Full-framed products are also called
specialty beds. Specialty beds replace the whole hospital bed unit, including
the mattress and its frame. Foam is widely used for inexpensive,
low-maintenance pressure reduction. The height of the foam from its base
to where the convolutions begin is referred to as base height. Foam overlays
with a base height of 2 inches did not provide significant pressure reduction
when compared to a standard hospital mattress unless the patient was restricted
to prone or supine position
Mattress replacements are used in place of standard hospital
mattresses. These products are thought to reduce tissue interface pressures when
compared to standard hospital mattresses. Replacements vary in design. Products
may be all foam separated into various components, a combination of gel and
foam, or of foam and air. A firm, high-density foam periphery with segments of
varying density at the head, seat, and foot is a common design.
 Adjustable Bed Mattress systems.
Replacement mattresses for
Adjustable Beds.
We offer Innerspring and Memory Foam mattress systems designed especially for
Adjustable Beds. See: Adjustable Bed Mattress |
