Easy Patient Transportation

Challenges

  • Pushing and pulling occupied beds is considered a high-risk task for developing MSD‘s because of spinal load (1)
  • Nurses spend 31 minutes per day transporting and transferring patients (2)
  • Occupied bed needs to be transported by 2 caregivers (3)

Solutions

Features like EasyDrive® and 5th castor make bed manipulation easier and support caregivers during patient transportation.

5th castor

Enables easier turning and maneuvering of the bed, even in narrow corridors or around corners.

SOFTBRAKES®

Ensure effortless pedal activation, offering a 56-93% force reduction compared to the maximum acceptable level.(4)


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(1) Waters TR, Nelson A, Proctor C. Patient handling tasks with high risk for musculoskeletal disorders in critical care. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2007 Jun;19(2):131-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2007.02.008. PMID: 17512469. 
(2) Michel O, Garcia Manjon AJ, Pasquier J, Ortoleva Bucher C. How do nurses spend their time? A time and motion analysis of nursing activities in an internal medicine unit. J Adv Nurs. 2021;77(11):4459–4470. doi:10.1111/jan.14935
(3) Waters T, Lloyd JD, Hernandez E, Nelson A. AORN ergonomic tool 7: pushing, pulling, and moving equipment on wheels. AORN J. 2011 Sep;94(3):254-60. doi: 10.1016/j. aorn.2010.09.035. PMID: 21884845.
(4) LINET. White paper: Activation forces of Softbrake (Essenza platform). n.d. Internal.