General Operation
Chapter 1: Introduction
Page 1 - 18 Century+™ Bed Service Manual (man241)
General Operation
WARNING:
Powered bed mechanisms can cause serious injury. Operate the bed
only with persons clear of mechanisms.
The Century+™ Bed by Hill-Rom has independent motors that operate the
following features:
• Bed height adjustment—hilow motor
• Foot section adjustment—foot motor
• Head section adjustment—head motor
• Trendelenburg—hilow motor
• Reverse Trendelenburg—hilow motor
The motors are governed by a single circuit board. Controls are located in the
head siderail, pendant control, and/or the attendant control console.
Automatic Contour (Optional)
The Century+™ Bed has an optional feature called automatic contour. This
feature automatically raises the knee section of the bed up to 15°
as you raise
the head section. The automatic contour feature helps prevent patients from
sliding to the foot end of the bed when the head section is raised. If the
automatic contour feature is not wanted, activating the knee lockout switch will
disable the function. The automatic contour feature can be temporarily
disabled by simultaneously pressing the head up and knee down switches.
Bed End Panels
Century+™ beds have post-type mountings for bed end panels. The bed end
panels fit over two vertical mounting posts located at each end of the bed. You
can remove the panels by lifting them vertically off the mounting posts.
CPR Release (Optional)
Beds with the optional CPR release feature have two CPR release handles
located on each side at the head end of the head section. Use either of the CPR
release handles to lower the head section in an emergency.
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