Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare has designed a new Rapid Deployment bed aimed at field hospitals being set up around the world to cope with the increased pressure on health services caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
From concept to manufacture, the RD bed was designed in a matter of days to assist the ever-growing need for hospital beds required for rapid deployment in areas such as field hospitals and emergency community settings.
The UK production facilities in Halifax are working tirelessly around the clock to produce these new beds in order to support the demand for nursing critically-ill patients.
The bed is a fixed-height, two-section profiling bed with a manually-adjustable backrest.
Designed for ease and speed of assembly, it is ideal for areas such as emergency temporary hospital environments.
It does not require electrical power, and no expert knowledge or specialist tools are needed to assemble the products. They also have quick-release head and footends, and a lever to allow the backrest to be lowered quickly should CPR be required.
There are two models available, one with and one without castors.
Packages are also available from Drive DeVilbiss to include the RD bed, a foam mattress and an overbed table to quickly and easily furnish emergency medical care environments.
“The RD bed has been designed, tested and produced in record fast time to ensure we can do our very best to meet the increasing demand for hospital beds to support the new NHS Nightingale sites across the UK. I am extremely proud of all of the teams involved in this project, all working under very-tight timelines,” said Graham Turner, vice president of international product management and marketing at Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare.
