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2. Hospital bed - Wikipedia

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   A hospital bed or hospital cot is a bed specially designed for hospitalized patients or others in need of some form of health care. These beds have special features both for the comfort and well-being of the patient and for the convenience of health care workers. Common features include adjustable height for the entire bed, the head, and the ...

3. Adjustable bed - Wikipedia

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   An adjustable bed is a bed which has a multi-hinged lying surface which can be profiled to a number of different positions. [ 1] Common adjustments include inclining the upper body and raising the lower body independently of each other. Other common features include height adjustment and tilting the bed to raise the upper body or the lower body ...

4. Bed - Wikipedia

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   A bed is an item of furniture that is used as a place to sleep, rest, and relax. [1][2] Most modern beds consist of a soft, cushioned mattress on a bed frame. The mattress rests either on a solid base, often wood slats, or a sprung base. Many beds include a box spring inner-sprung base, which is a large mattress-sized box containing wood and ...

5. Fowler's position - Wikipedia

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   The high Fowler's position is a position in which a patient, typically in a hospital, is placed when the head of the bed needs to be elevated as high as possible. The upper half of the patient's body is between 60 degrees and 90 degrees in relation to the lower half of their body. [9] The legs of the patient may be straight or bent.

6. 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 ...

7. Kings County Hospital Center - Wikipedia

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   Kings County Hospital Center. Kings County Hospital Center is a municipal hospital located in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It is owned and operated by NYC Health + Hospitals, a municipal agency that runs New York City's public hospitals. It has been affiliated with SUNY Downstate College of Medicine since Downstate ...