title: Critical care beds. Providing needed support for ICU patients.
abstract: Beds for critical care patients are available with a variety of features and functions that aid patient therapy and help caregivers. The three main characteristics on which we rated the beds are the ability to be used with a variety of suppliers' support surfaces, their positioning capabilities, and features that make them easy to use. Find out which beds were rated highest.
mesh_terms: D001513:Beds / Q000592:standards*; D056902:Clinical Alarms; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000592:standards*; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical