The resident’s risk of falling is less severe:
o the smaller and more settled the resident is
o the softer the mattress is (the resident sinks deeper into the
mattress)
• Lock the operating functions for the resident on the handset if the
resident is exposed to an increased risk of entrapment during backrest
and thigh rest adjustments when the safety sides are raised.
Otherwise there is a danger of limbs being crushed or trapped by the
safety sides if the resident inadvertently activates the handset. The
effectiveness of the safety sides can also be reduced if any mattress
base sections are raised to a high level.
Risk of injury if the mattress retainers are not used and a side
panel is only fitted on one side
In this case, a mattress can be displaced too far away from a raised
safety side and towards the side panel on the other side of the bed.
The occupant could then fall into the space between the mattress and
the safety side and could become trapped and/or suffocate.
• Only use mattresses with suitable dimensions, as described in the
chapter entitled “Accessories”
• Always use the mattress retainers that are fitted to the bed 1 ,
since the side panel itself does not fix the mattress in place.
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