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Gavin Wright

Terms & Conditions    59 Balliol Close, Peterlee, Co.Durham, England. SR8 2NX    e-mail

Do you remember a couple of issues ago, I mentioned the lady who fell from her bed and, unfortunately, suffered postural asphyxiation?

Samarit, who incidentally have just become the latest sponsor of this web site, have developed an ideal product designed to reduce the likelihood of this happening. The BedCall® Sensor System with EdgeSense® – provides an early warning to staff that the resident is positioned on the edge of the bed and may attempt to exit. EdgeSense® can be disabled on the monitor for situations that do not require the feature. The BedCall® Sensor is fail safe – it detects the presence of the resident and automatically monitors.

This eliminates the need for an on/off switch that staff could forget to turn on or resident can turn off.

 

Some of the features are:-

Patented EdgeSense®

By detecting when the resident positions themselves to the edge of the bed, the monitor provides an early warning to staff prior to

the resident actually exiting the bed.

Automatic monitoring

The monitor automatically begins to monitor the resident once they get into bed eliminating the possibility of someone forgetting to turn on a power switch.

Adjustable time delay

Allows the monitor to be set for each resident’s unique sleeping habits eliminating false alarms.

Automatic or manual alarm reset

This allows staff to decide whether to require a manual reset of an alarm, or allow the unit to reset if the resident gets back into bed on their own.

Nurse Call Interface

The monitor plugs directly into the Nurse Call System and can create an alarm at the central station.

Hold function

The monitor can be put on-hold by staff so that the resident can be removed from bed without an alarm. Once the resident returns to bed, the unit automatically begins to monitor. The unit remains powered and in standby mode until the resident returns.

Volume control

Sound level can be adjusted in room.

Ultra thin and watertight

The BedCall® Sensor is so thin it causes no pressure points on patient and by being watertight it is not defeated if it comes in contact with fluids like most mats on the market.

 

To learn more of this system, contact Chris Symonds at Samarit.

 

http://www.samarit.com/products/patient_security_e.htm

 

 

Samarit have just become the latest sponsor of this web site, if you have good credentials, from either the training or manufacturing world and would also like to sponsor this site, please contact me.

Samarit are expanding their range of products, if you haven’t done so for a while, have a look at their web site by clicking the logo above and see if anything grabs your interest