The "coast" hydrostatic bed.
The water bed has ushered in a new era in prophylactic care for patients suffering from the sequetiae of spinal cord injury and other debilitating diseases which have rendered the skin susceptible to decubitus ulceration. A commercially available water bed is described which has resulted from improvements to a prototype bed first used in the spinal injuries unit of Prince Henry Hospital in 1969 (Jones and Burniston, 1971).
D001512:Bedding and Linens; D001513:Beds; D004560:Electricity; D006874:Hydrostatic Pressure; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000209:etiology; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000451:nursing; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000451:nursing; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000451:nursing; D013500:Surface Tension; D013696:Temperature; D014867:Water
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