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2. Burn recovery bed - Wikipedia

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   A burn recovery bed or burn bed is a special type of bed designed for hospital patients who have suffered severe skin burns across large portions of their body. [1]Generally, concentrated pressure on any one spot of the damaged skin can be extremely painful to the patient, so the primary function of a burn bed is to distribute the weight of the patient so evenly that no single bed contact ...

3. Air mattress - Wikipedia

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   An air mattress as might be used for temporary guest accommodation. An air mattress is an inflatable mattress or sleeping pad.. Due to its buoyancy, it is also often used as a water toy or flotation device, and in some countries, including the UK and South Africa, is called a lilo ("Li-lo" being a specific trademark — derived from the phrase "lie low") or a Readybed.

4. Medical Unit, Self-contained, Transportable - Wikipedia

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   Medical Unit, Self-contained, Transportable (MUST) was a type of medical equipment system developed for field hospitals in the United States Army in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The system used inflatable shelters for ward and patient care space, and expandable shelters for operating rooms and other sections.

5. Mattress - Wikipedia

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   A mattress topper is a thin mattress, usually 5–10 centimetres (2–4 in) thick. [citation needed] Stand-alone mattresses of this size exist (see futon and Bed base#Floor beds; traditional European beds were made of a stack of mattresses of this size).

6. Hospital bed - Wikipedia

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   Beds with adjustable side rails first appeared in Britain some time between 1815 and 1825. [3]In 1874 the mattress company Andrew Wuest and Son, Cincinnati, Ohio, registered a patent for a type of mattress frame with a hinged head that could be elevated, a predecessor of the modern day hospital bed.

7. Mattress protector - Wikipedia

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   A mattress protector (also mattress cover, mattress pad may mean this or a mattress topper [1]) is an item of removable bedding that sits on top of, or encases, a mattress to protect it. Some mattress protectors also provide protection to the person sleeping on the mattress from allergens and irritants such as dust mites , bed bugs , mold , and ...