Falls prevention

Challenges

  • Up to 1% of patients can experience falls at ICU (1)​
  • Patients who experience In-hospital fall at ICU can prolong stay up to 18 days (2)​
  • The cost of £2,600 per patient fall (3)​
  • Up to 89% falls in ICU can be avoidable (2,4)​

SOLUTIONS

LOW HEIGHT of 27.5 cm

Helps to reduce the severity of patients‘ falls.

3-ZONE BED EXIT ALERT WITH BUILT-IN VOICE GUIDANCE​

Monitors patients and notifies caregivers when they attempt to leave the bed, while also providing voice reminding the patient to stay in bed and that assistance is on the way.

LOWEST POSITION INDICATOR

Green LED light is triggered when the bed reaches lowest position.

I-BRAKE® & BRAKE ALERT​

The automatically engaged i‑Brake® reduces the risk of patient falls caused by an unstable bed and emits an audible signal when the bed is left unbraked while the main power cable is connected.

NIGHT LIGHT

Undercarriage light helps with patient orientation in the room overnight.


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1) Wu G, Soo A, Ronksley P, et al. Multicenter cohort study of falls among patients admitted to the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2022;50(5):810–818. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000005423
2) Trumble D, Meier MA, Doody M, et al. Incidence, correlates and outcomes associated with falls in the ICU: retrospective cohort study. Crit Care Resusc. 2017;19(4):290–295.
3) Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP). Regulator reveals 250,000 falls were reported in England’s NHS last year. 2017.
4) Rush University Medical Center. Adult intensive care unit leads the way to fall reduction (Nursing Annual Report FY2023). 2023.